DELETE /v1/dataContracts/{id}

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")

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

// Soft delete
find(contractId).delete().confirm();

// Hard delete (permanent)
find(contractId).delete().permanently().confirm();

# Soft delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by FQN
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/name/sales-orders-contract?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted contract
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789"}'

DELETE

dataContracts

{id}

DELETE /v1/dataContracts/{id}

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")

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

// Soft delete
find(contractId).delete().confirm();

// Hard delete (permanent)
find(contractId).delete().permanently().confirm();

# Soft delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by FQN
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/name/sales-orders-contract?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

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

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}

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")

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

// Soft delete
find(contractId).delete().confirm();

// Hard delete (permanent)
find(contractId).delete().permanently().confirm();

# Soft delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by FQN
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/name/sales-orders-contract?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted contract
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/dataContracts/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "f7a1b2c3-d4e5-6789-0abc-def123456789"}'

Restore

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

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

Create a Data Contract

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