code: def delete_note(self, note_id):
          
          # notes have to be trashed before deletion
          note, status = self.trash_note(note_id)
          if (status == -1):
              return note, status
  
          params = '/i/%s' % (str(note_id))
          request = Request(url=DATA_URL+params, method='DELETE')
          request.add_header(self.header, self.get_token())
          try:
              response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
          except IOError as e:
              return e, -1
          except HTTPError as e:
              if e.code == 401:
                  raise SimplenoteLoginFailed('Login to Simplenote API failed! Check Token.')
              else:
                  return e, -1
          return {}, 0
docs: Method to permanently delete a note
  
          Arguments:
              - note_id (string): key of the note to trash
  
          Returns:
              A tuple `(note, status)`
  
              - note (dict): an empty dict or an error message
              - status (int): 0 on success and -1 otherwise