diff --git a/src/main/blog/db.cljs b/src/main/blog/db.cljs
index 038a69c..ed98492 100644
--- a/src/main/blog/db.cljs
+++ b/src/main/blog/db.cljs
@@ -60,3 +60,18 @@
       (catch js/Error err (js/console.log (ex-cause err)))))
   channel)
 
+(defn delete-article
+  "Delete an article and return the id via channel. It gets and returns the same channel."
+  [client id channel]
+  (go
+    (try
+      (let [res (<p! (.query client
+                             "delete from articles where id = $1 returning id;"
+                             (clj->js [id])))]
+        (>! channel (-> (.-rows res)
+                        (js->clj :keywordize-keys true)
+                        (first)
+                        (:id))))
+      (catch js/Error err (js/console.log (ex-cause err)))))
+  channel)
+