# `DELETE /article/{sku}`

Protected. Requires a valid session cookie (`credentials: 'include'`).

Delete article by SKU

Deletes the article when it has no child articles. Cascades related rows;
nulls `manifestarticle.article_id` and appends a delete comment.
Auth like GET by SKU.


## Path parameters

| Param | Required | Type | Description |
|-------|----------|------|-------------|
| `sku` | yes | string | Article SKU |

## Query parameters

| Param | Required | Type | Description |
|-------|----------|------|-------------|
| `cascade` | no | boolean | If true, recursively deletes all descendant child articles in the subtree |

## Signals

On success, emits SSE signal: `articles` (see [`GET /events`](../events.md)).

## Response `204`

Deleted

_No content_

## Errors

| Status | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| 400 | Article has children — `{"error":"…"}` |
| 401 | Unauthorized — `{"error":"…"}` |
| 403 | Not authorized — `{"error":"…"}` |
| 404 | Article not found — `{"error":"…"}` |

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