Render a "delete" JSON response with the UUID of the deleted item.

lib/generic_rest_server_web/controllers/item_controller.ex

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ defmodule GenericRestServerWeb.ItemController do
     item = Items.get_item!(conn.assigns.current_scope, id)
 
     with {:ok, %Item{}} <- Items.delete_item(conn.assigns.current_scope, item) do
-      send_resp(conn, :no_content, "")
+      render(conn, :delete, item: item)
     end
   end
 end

lib/generic_rest_server_web/controllers/item_json.ex

@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ defmodule GenericRestServerWeb.ItemJSON do
   Renders a list of items.
   """
   def index(%{items: items}) do
-    %{data: for(item <- items, do: data(item))}
+    %{items: for(item <- items, do: data(item))}
   end
 
   @doc """
   Renders a single item.
   """
   def show(%{item: item}) do
-    %{data: data(item)}
+    %{item: data(item)}
+  end
+
+  def delete(%{item: item}) do
+    %{deleted: item.id}
   end
 
   defp data(%Item{} = item) do