Delete API

This API is deprecated, please refer to the new RESTFul API instead.

http://{server_name}:9090/delete

This API deletes documents from the index by specifying a query.

The deleted documents cannot be recovered. Please make sure that you have a backup before performing the deletion.

Parameters:

• use (required): The name of the index.
• login (optional): The login parameter. This becomes required once you create a user.
• key (optional): The key parameter related to the login (api key). This becomes required once you create a user.
• q: The query used to identify which documents will be deleted.
• uniq: This parameter is used for deleting the documents by primary key.

Examples

Delete all the documents from an OpenSearchServer index:

http://localhost:9090/delete?use=index1&q=*:* 

 
Delete documents matching a specific primary key:

http://localhost:9090/delete?use=index1&uniq=2

 
Delete documents associated with a specific host from the index:

http://localhost:9090/delete?use=index1&q=host:www.open-search-server.com

 
Delete a specific url from the index:

http://localhost:9090/delete?use=index1&q=url:"http://www.open-search-server.com/services"

PHP:

$delete = new OssDelete('http://localhost:9090', 'index1');
$result = $delete->delete('host:www.open-search-server.com');

HTTP response

The following indicates that 14 documents have been deleted from the index:

<response>
<entry key="Status">OK</entry>
<entry key="Deleted">14</entry>
</response>

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