Customiser backlights

Delete a backlight image

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Clears one of the backlight's image slots and deletes the stored file, returning a receipt naming what was removed and the backlight as it now stands. Requires customisers:write and an Idempotency-Key.

DELETE/api/v3/customisers/{customiser_id}/backlights/{backlight_id}/images/{image_slot}

Delete a backlight image

Clears one of the backlight's image slots and deletes the stored file, returning a receipt naming what was removed and the backlight as it now stands. Requires `customisers:write` and an `Idempotency-Key`. Deleting from a slot that holds no image answers 404. Deleting the texture image of a backlight whose `texture` is `custom_texture` is refused with 422 `texture_image_required`: the finish renders from that image, and the storefront could not draw the backlight without it. Change `texture` on the backlight first, then delete the image. The delete clears the customiser's cached storefront configuration and runs the advisory language sync, and never regenerates Shopify products, product images, or the product cache.

Delete a backlight image

Overview

Deleting from a slot that holds no image answers 404. Deleting the texture image of a backlight whose texture is custom_texture is refused with 422 texture_image_required: the finish renders from that image, and the storefront could not draw the backlight without it. Change texture on the backlight first, then delete the image. The delete clears the customiser's cached storefront configuration and runs the advisory language sync, and never regenerates Shopify products, product images, or the product cache.

Authorisation

Bearer token required. Include it in theAuthorization header.

Required scope: customisers:write

Path parameters

customiser_idstringpathrequired

The customiser id.

Example: 1

backlight_idstringpathrequired

The backlight id.

Example: 14

image_slotstringpathrequired

Which image to remove: `image`, `example_image` or `texture_image`.

Example: image

Delete a backlight image

curl https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/1/backlights/14/images/image \
  --request DELETE \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'

{
  "data": {
    "object": "file_deletion_receipt",
    "slot": "image",
    "customiser_id": 42,
    "backlight_id": 14,
    "deleted": true,
    "removed_file": {
      "filename": "ice-blue.png",
      "url": "https://cdn.example.com/files/2f1c9c0e-6a7b-4c1d-8e2f-3a4b5c6d7e8f.png"
    },
    "resource": {
      "object": "backlight",
      "id": 14,
      "customiser_id": 42,
      "name": "Ice Blue",
      "description": null,
      "colour_type": "single",
      "hexcode": "#AEE8FF",
      "multi_colour_hexcodes": null,
      "texture": "flat",
      "min_width_cm": null,
      "min_height_cm": null,
      "min_size_rule": "any",
      "base_price": 0,
      "currency": "USD",
      "price_multiplier": 1,
      "price_multiplier_target": "base_letter_price",
      "sort_order": 1,
      "image_url": null,
      "example_image_url": null,
      "texture_image_url": null,
      "created_at": "2026-08-13T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-13T00:05:00Z"
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/42/backlights/14/images/image",
    "documentation": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/"
  },
  "meta": {
    "api_version": "v3",
    "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
  }
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_idempotency_key",
  "title": "Missing idempotency key",
  "status": 400,
  "code": "missing_idempotency_key",
  "detail": "Provide an Idempotency-Key header for this write.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_api_key",
  "title": "Missing API key",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "missing_api_key",
  "detail": "Provide a store API key as a bearer token.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/insufficient_scope",
  "title": "Insufficient scope",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "insufficient_scope",
  "detail": "This operation requires the customisers:write scope.",
  "required_scopes": [
    "customisers:write"
  ],
  "granted_scopes": [
    "customisers:read"
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/resource_not_found",
  "title": "Resource not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "detail": "The requested resource does not exist or does not belong to the authenticated store.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/idempotency_key_conflict",
  "title": "Idempotency key conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "idempotency_key_conflict",
  "detail": "This Idempotency-Key was already used for a different request body on this operation.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/texture_image_required",
  "title": "Texture image required",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "texture_image_required",
  "detail": "This colour uses the custom_texture finish, which renders from its texture image, so the image cannot be removed while the finish is set. Change texture first, then delete the image.",
  "errors": [
    {
      "pointer": "/texture",
      "code": "texture_image_required",
      "detail": "The custom_texture finish requires a texture image."
    }
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}

{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/rate_limited",
  "title": "Too many requests",
  "status": 429,
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "detail": "You have exceeded the request limit for this API key.",
  "retry_after": 37,
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}