Required. The name of the document to delete. Format: projects/<Project ID>/locations/<Location
ID>/knowledgeBases/<Knowledge Base ID>/documents/<Document ID>.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource name:
dialogflow.documents.delete
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation.
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