DELETE /v1/glossaries/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Glossaries

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

# Soft delete by ID
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")

# Hard delete
Glossaries.delete(
    "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Glossaries.delete_by_name("BusinessGlossary")

# Restore a soft-deleted glossary
Glossaries.restore("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")

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

// Soft delete
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3").execute();

// Hard delete
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
Glossaries.deleteByName("BusinessGlossary").execute();

// Restore
Glossaries.restore("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/name/BusinessGlossary" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted glossary
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3"}'

{
  "id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
  "name": "BusinessGlossary",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary",
  "description": "Standard business terminology for the organization",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "reviewers": [],
  "tags": [],
  "mutuallyExclusive": false
}

DELETE

glossaries

{id}

DELETE /v1/glossaries/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Glossaries

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

# Soft delete by ID
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")

# Hard delete
Glossaries.delete(
    "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Glossaries.delete_by_name("BusinessGlossary")

# Restore a soft-deleted glossary
Glossaries.restore("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")

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

// Soft delete
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3").execute();

// Hard delete
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
Glossaries.deleteByName("BusinessGlossary").execute();

// Restore
Glossaries.restore("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/name/BusinessGlossary" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted glossary
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3"}'

{
  "id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
  "name": "BusinessGlossary",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary",
  "description": "Standard business terminology for the organization",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "reviewers": [],
  "tags": [],
  "mutuallyExclusive": false
}

Delete a Glossary

Delete a glossary by ID or fully qualified name. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

Delete by ID

string

required

UUID of the glossary to delete.

recursive

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete all glossary terms within this glossary.

hardDelete

boolean

default:"false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn

string

required

Fully qualified name of the glossary (e.g., BusinessGlossary).

recursive

boolean

default:"false"

Recursively delete all glossary terms.

hardDelete

boolean

default:"false"

Permanently delete the glossary.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Glossary

Use PUT /v1/glossaries/restore to restore a soft-deleted glossary.

string

required

UUID of the soft-deleted glossary to restore.

DELETE /v1/glossaries/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Glossaries

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

# Soft delete by ID
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")

# Hard delete
Glossaries.delete(
    "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Glossaries.delete_by_name("BusinessGlossary")

# Restore a soft-deleted glossary
Glossaries.restore("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")

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

// Soft delete
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3").execute();

// Hard delete
Glossaries.delete("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3")
    .hardDelete()
    .execute();

// Delete by name
Glossaries.deleteByName("BusinessGlossary").execute();

// Restore
Glossaries.restore("c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3");

# Soft delete by ID
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Hard delete
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3?hardDelete=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Delete by name
curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/name/BusinessGlossary" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Restore soft-deleted glossary
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/glossaries/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3"}'

{
  "id": "c2940a98-f147-6g46-cdef-31f0c4406dc3",
  "name": "BusinessGlossary",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "BusinessGlossary",
  "description": "Standard business terminology for the organization",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "reviewers": [],
  "tags": [],
  "mutuallyExclusive": false
}

Returns

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

Error Handling

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

Create a Glossary

List Glossaries

​Delete a Glossary

​Delete by ID

​Delete by Name

​Restore a Soft-Deleted Glossary

​Returns

​Error Handling

Delete a Glossary

Delete by ID

Delete by Name

Restore a Soft-Deleted Glossary

Returns

Error Handling