Delete a Data Contract

Delete or restore a data contract

DELETE /v1/dataContracts/{id}

DELETE /v1/dataContracts/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import DataContracts

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

# Soft delete
DataContracts.delete("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789")

# Hard delete (permanent)
DataContracts.delete("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789", hard_delete=True)

# Restore a soft-deleted contract
DataContracts.restore("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789")

Delete a Data Contract

Delete a data contract by ID or fully qualified name. Supports both soft delete and permanent (hard) delete.

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the data contract.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Set to true to permanently delete the contract. Soft-deleted contracts can be restored.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

Delete by FQN

Use DELETE /v1/dataContracts/name/{fqn} with the same query parameters.

DELETE /v1/dataContracts/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import DataContracts

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

# Soft delete
DataContracts.delete("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789")

# Hard delete (permanent)
DataContracts.delete("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789", hard_delete=True)

# Restore a soft-deleted contract
DataContracts.restore("f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789")

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Restore

Use PUT /v1/dataContracts/restore with a JSON body containing the id of the soft-deleted contract to restore it.

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to delete data contracts
404	NOT_FOUND	Data contract not found