put/guilds/{guild_id}/bans/{user_id}

Ban guild member

Ban guild member. Requires ban_members permission. Prevents user from joining; optionally deletes recent messages and sets ban expiry duration.

ban_guild_member

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
guild_id*	path	SnowflakeType	The ID of the guild
user_id*	path	SnowflakeType	The ID of the user

Request body

application/json

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "delete_message_days": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 7,
      "format": "int32",
      "description": "Number of days of messages to delete from the banned user (0-7)"
    },
    "reason": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The reason for the ban (max 512 characters)"
    },
    "ban_duration_seconds": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int53",
      "description": "Duration of the ban in seconds (0 for permanent, or between 60 and 63072000 seconds for a temporary ban)"
    }
  }
}

Responses

204

No Content

400

Bad Request - The request was malformed or contained invalid data

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}

401

Unauthorized - Authentication is required or the token is invalid

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}

403

Forbidden - You do not have permission to perform this action

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}

429

Too Many Requests - You are being rate limited

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "RATE_LIMITED"
      ]
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "retry_after": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Seconds to wait before retrying"
    },
    "global": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether this is a global rate limit"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message",
    "retry_after"
  ]
}

500

Internal Server Error - An unexpected error occurred

json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/APIErrorCode"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Field-specific validation errors",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "message"
  ]
}