Delete Post
ghost.delete_post
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the Ghost API with the connection's credentials.
Delete a post permanently. Ghost has no trash for posts, so this cannot be undone from the API.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- Ghost
- Secret shape
- {"admin_api_key": "<id>:<secret>", "content_api_key": "…"}
- Config it needs
- admin_url, api_version
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
1 field, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
post_id Ghost id of the post — the 24-character ObjectID from a previous step. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
deleted True — Ghost answered 204 with an empty body. | boolean | — |
id Id of the record that was deleted. | string | — |
{
"deleted": false,
"id": ""
}Notes
- DELETE /ghost/api/admin/posts/{id}/, which answers 204 with no body.
See Delete Post run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Ghost connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.