diff --git a/src/api/routes/guilds/#guild_id/delete.ts b/src/api/routes/guilds/#guild_id/delete.ts
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+import { Channel, emitEvent, GuildDeleteEvent, Guild, Member, Message, Role, Invite, Emoji } from "@fosscord/util";
+import { Router, Request, Response } from "express";
+import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server";
+import { route } from "@fosscord/api";
+
+const router = Router();
+
+// discord prefixes this route with /delete instead of using the delete method
+// docs are wrong https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/guild#delete-guild
+router.post("/", route({}), async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+ var { guild_id } = req.params;
+
+ const guild = await Guild.findOneOrFail({ where: { id: guild_id }, select: ["owner_id"] });
+ if (guild.owner_id !== req.user_id) throw new HTTPError("You are not the owner of this guild", 401);
+
+ await Promise.all([
+ Guild.delete({ id: guild_id }), // this will also delete all guild related data
+ emitEvent({
+ event: "GUILD_DELETE",
+ data: {
+ id: guild_id
+ },
+ guild_id: guild_id
+ } as GuildDeleteEvent)
+ ]);
+
+ return res.sendStatus(204);
+});
+
+export default router;
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