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delete

Deletes a document.

Query Syntax

HTTP

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URL: http://kuzzle:7512/<index>/<collection>/<documentId>[?refresh=wait_for]
Method: DELETE

Other protocols

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{
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "document",
  "action": "delete",
  "_id": "<documentId>"
}

Arguments

  • collection: collection name
  • documentId: document unique identifier
  • index: index name

Optional:

  • refresh: if set to wait_for, Kuzzle will not respond until the deletion has been indexed

Response

Returns an _id property with the deleted document unique ID.

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{
  "status": 200,
  "error": null,
  "index": "<index>",
  "collection": "<collection>",
  "controller": "document",
  "action": "delete",
  "requestId": "<unique request identifier>",
  "result": {
    "_id": "<documentId>"
  }
}