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        Deletes a topic.
This method returns the following error codes:
        
          PERMISSION_DENIED if the requesting user is not allowed to delete the requested topic or for access errors .FAILED_PRECONDITION if the requested topic has already been deleted.NOT_FOUND if no course or topic exists with the requested ID. 
       
      
        
          HTTP request 
          DELETE https://classroom.googleapis.com/v1/courses/{courseId}/topics/{id}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding  syntax.
         
        
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                Parameters 
               
             
            
              
                courseId
                  string
                  Identifier of the course. This identifier can be either the Classroom-assigned identifier or an alias 
                 
               
              
                id
                  string
                  Identifier of the topic to delete.
                 
               
             
          
         
        
          Request body 
          The request body must be empty.
         
        
          Response body 
          If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.
         
        
          Authorization scopes 
          Requires the following OAuth scope:
          
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.topics For more information, see the Authorization guide .
         
       
      
     
  
  
  
     
  
    
      
       
    
    
      
    
     
  
       
         
  
  
    
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