Class for representing HTTP method DELETE:

require 'net/http'
uri = URI('http://example.com')
hostname = uri.hostname # => "example.com"
uri.path = '/posts/1'
req = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri) # => #<Net::HTTP::Delete DELETE>
res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
  http.request(req)
end

See Request Headers.

Properties:

• Request body: optional.

• Response body: yes.

• Safe: no.

• Idempotent: yes.

• Cacheable: no.

Related:

• Net::HTTP#delete: sends DELETE request, returns response object.