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")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.APICollections.*;

// Soft delete
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b").execute();

// Hard delete
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
APICollections.deleteByName("sample_api_service.pet")
    .execute();

// Restore
APICollections.restore("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/name/sample_api_service.pet" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted API collection
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "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": []
}

DELETE

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")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.APICollections.*;

// Soft delete
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b").execute();

// Hard delete
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
APICollections.deleteByName("sample_api_service.pet")
    .execute();

// Restore
APICollections.restore("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/name/sample_api_service.pet" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted API collection
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "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": []
}

Delete an API Collection

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

Delete by ID

string

required

UUID of the API collection to delete.

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete child entities (API endpoints).

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the API collection. If false, the API collection is soft-deleted and can be restored.

Delete by Name

Use DELETE /v1/apiCollections/name/{fqn} to delete by fully qualified name.

string

required

Fully qualified name of the API collection (e.g., sample_api_service.pet).

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete child entities (API endpoints).

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the API collection.

Restore a Soft-Deleted API Collection

Use PUT /v1/apiCollections/restore to restore a soft-deleted API collection.

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")

import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.APICollections.*;

// Soft delete
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b").execute();

// Hard delete
APICollections.delete("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
APICollections.deleteByName("sample_api_service.pet")
    .execute();

// Restore
APICollections.restore("0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/name/sample_api_service.pet" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted API collection
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/apiCollections/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "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": []
}

Returns

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

Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
`401`	`UNAUTHORIZED`	Invalid or missing authentication token
`403`	`FORBIDDEN`	User lacks permission to delete this API collection
`404`	`NOT_FOUND`	API collection with given ID or FQN does not exist

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Main Concepts

Delete an API Collection

Delete an API Collection

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted API Collection

Returns

Error Handling

​Delete an API Collection

​Delete by ID

​Delete by Name

​Restore a Soft-Deleted API Collection

​Returns

​Error Handling

Delete an API Collection

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted API Collection

Returns

Error Handling