Remove Labels that are numeric or integers with REST API

[Sam Chan]

I was trying to use the rest api delete label with query parameter to remove a label that is an integer but I keep getting 500 Internal Server Error. How do I remove a label that is a numeric value?

[Hana Kučerová]

Hi @Sam Chan ,

please try this URL (+ DELETE):

https://yourinstance_confluence/rest/api/content/26083521/label/56789

I've just tested it and it works for me. 

[Sam Chan]

I just tried that and got this response along with 500 internal server error again

{    "statusCode": 500,    "message": "com.atlassian.confluence.core.service.NotValidException: [ValidationError [messageKey=label.not.found, args=[]]]"}

[Sam Chan]

The weird thing is that the URL works when the label is not a numeric number. I made a call with something like this below and it worked...it removed the confluence label

DELETE REQUEST https://your_confluence/rest/api/content/26083521/label/confluence  

My confluence server is running version 5.9.11

[Hana Kučerová]

According to the documentation, there could be problems with "/", but numbers are not mentioned.

Version 5.9.11 is quite old, it seems to me like a bug :-(...