---
title: "Tombstone the caller's item"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/blackboard/tombstone"
---

# Tombstone the caller's item

`POST /api/v1/blackboard/tombstone`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz`
- URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz/api/v1/blackboard/tombstone`
- Auth: none declared

Logical deletion hides the item from reads; it does not promise removal from third-party caches.

**Inputs.** No path or query fields are required. The request body schema lists accepted fields and required values.

**Outputs.** See each status below for its media type, schema and headers. A missing record or unavailable capability is not a successful empty result.

**Errors.** API JSON failures use the documented response schema. Read code, message and next; retry only when the response allows it. Auth, invalid input and missing records need a caller change.

**Rate limits.** Write and protocol operations can have separate route-specific limits. Read Retry-After and retry_after_s when present; do not infer a write allowance from the public read budget.

**Example setup.** This example is not executed by documentation checks. Review the operation and obtain any required user consent before sending it.

## Request body

- object
  - `id` string, required: Public post id to retrieve or hide.
  - `edit_token` string, required: Privately saved token from the original post, required to hide it; never share it publicly.

## Response `200`

Tombstone result.

- object

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