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DELETE
/
v1
/
apiCollections
/
{id}
DELETE /v1/apiCollections/{id}
from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import APICollections

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b")

# Hard delete
APICollections.delete(
    "0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
APICollections.delete_by_name("sample_api_service.pet")

# Delete by name with options
APICollections.delete_by_name(
    "sample_api_service.pet",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted API collection
APICollections.restore("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b")

{
  "id": "0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
  "name": "pet",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service.pet",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982733673,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "endpointURL": "https://petstore3.swagger.io/#/pet",
  "service": {
    "id": "58d413a8-abc3-4a6d-bd8a-13a0234b1ff8",
    "type": "apiService",
    "name": "sample_api_service",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service"
  },
  "serviceType": "Rest",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

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Delete an API Collection

Delete an API collection by ID or fully qualified name. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

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Delete by ID

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id
string
required
UUID of the API collection to delete.
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recursive
boolean
default:"false"
Recursively delete child entities (API endpoints).
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hardDelete
boolean
default:"false"
Permanently delete the API collection. If false, the API collection is soft-deleted and can be restored.

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Delete by Name

Use DELETE /v1/apiCollections/name/{fqn} to delete by fully qualified name.
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fqn
string
required
Fully qualified name of the API collection (e.g., sample_api_service.pet).
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recursive
boolean
default:"false"
Recursively delete child entities (API endpoints).
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hardDelete
boolean
default:"false"
Permanently delete the API collection.

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Restore a Soft-Deleted API Collection

Use PUT /v1/apiCollections/restore to restore a soft-deleted API collection.
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id
string
required
UUID of the soft-deleted API collection to restore.
DELETE /v1/apiCollections/{id}
from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import APICollections

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b")

# Hard delete
APICollections.delete(
    "0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
APICollections.delete_by_name("sample_api_service.pet")

# Delete by name with options
APICollections.delete_by_name(
    "sample_api_service.pet",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted API collection
APICollections.restore("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b")

{
  "id": "0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
  "name": "pet",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service.pet",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982733673,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "endpointURL": "https://petstore3.swagger.io/#/pet",
  "service": {
    "id": "58d413a8-abc3-4a6d-bd8a-13a0234b1ff8",
    "type": "apiService",
    "name": "sample_api_service",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service"
  },
  "serviceType": "Rest",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

Soft delete returns the API collection object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored API collection object.

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Error Handling

CodeError TypeDescription
401UNAUTHORIZEDInvalid or missing authentication token
403FORBIDDENUser lacks permission to delete this API collection
404NOT_FOUNDAPI collection with given ID or FQN does not exist