Deactivate a beneficiary
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": true,
"message": "Beneficiary has been successfully deactivated",
"code": "ok",
"data": {
"id": "ben_01KPBAP7WTDKQKW5B3R31VPNX4",
"success": true
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}Beneficiaries
Deactivate a beneficiary
Deactivates a beneficiary by changing its status to archived. The
beneficiary record is preserved — list and get continue to return it.
The path id is the GlobalStack external identifier (ben_…).
Response
{
"status": true,
"message": "Beneficiary has been successfully deactivated",
"code": "ok",
"data": {
"id": "ben_01KPBAP7WTDKQKW5B3R31VPNX4",
"success": true
},
"meta": { "request_id": "req_…", "timestamp": "…", "version": "1" }
}
Status preconditions
pending→ archived.active→ archived.archived→409 invalid_status(not idempotent).
Errors
400 invalid_input—beneficiary_iddoes not start withben_.404 not_found— id does not exist or belongs to a different integration.409 invalid_status— beneficiary is already archived.
Example
DELETE /v1/beneficiaries/ben_01KPBAP7WTDKQKW5B3R31VPNX4
DELETE
/
v1
/
beneficiaries
/
{beneficiaryId}
Deactivate a beneficiary
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.globalstack.io/v1/beneficiaries/{beneficiaryId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": true,
"message": "Beneficiary has been successfully deactivated",
"code": "ok",
"data": {
"id": "ben_01KPBAP7WTDKQKW5B3R31VPNX4",
"success": true
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}{
"status": false,
"message": "Resource not found",
"code": "not_found",
"data": null,
"meta": {
"next_steps": {
"action": "Verify the resource identifier and retry.",
"docs_url": "https://docs.globalstack.io/errors#not_found"
},
"request_id": "req_01HXYZ4K5ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRS",
"timestamp": "2026-05-14T15:43:55.732Z",
"version": "1"
}
}Authorizations
API key issued during merchant onboarding.
Path Parameters
Pattern:
[^\/#\?]+?Response
Beneficiary has been successfully deactivated
Available options:
true Example:
true
Human-readable summary
Example:
"Beneficiary has been successfully deactivated"
Available options:
ok Example:
"ok"
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