Delete a Pipeline Service

Delete a pipeline service by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

DELETE /v1/services/pipelineServices/{id}

DELETE /v1/services/pipelineServices/{id}

Python

import requests

base_url = "https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer your-jwt-token"}

# Soft delete by ID
requests.delete(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    headers=headers
)

# Hard delete with recursive
requests.delete(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5?hardDelete=true&recursive=true",
    headers=headers
)

# Delete by name
requests.delete(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/name/sample_airflow",
    headers=headers
)

# Restore a soft-deleted pipeline service
requests.put(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/restore",
    json={"id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5"},
    headers={**headers, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
)

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
  "name": "sample_airflow",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow",
  "serviceType": "Airflow",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982621418,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

Delete a Pipeline Service

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

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the pipeline service to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities (pipelines).

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the pipeline service (e.g., sample_airflow).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the pipeline service.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Pipeline Service

Use PUT /v1/services/pipelineServices/restore to restore a soft-deleted pipeline service.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted pipeline service to restore.

DELETE /v1/services/pipelineServices/{id}

Python

import requests

base_url = "https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer your-jwt-token"}

# Soft delete by ID
requests.delete(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    headers=headers
)

# Hard delete with recursive
requests.delete(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5?hardDelete=true&recursive=true",
    headers=headers
)

# Delete by name
requests.delete(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/name/sample_airflow",
    headers=headers
)

# Restore a soft-deleted pipeline service
requests.put(
    f"{base_url}/v1/services/pipelineServices/restore",
    json={"id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5"},
    headers={**headers, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
)

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
  "name": "sample_airflow",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow",
  "serviceType": "Airflow",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982621418,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

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

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Error Handling

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