Delete a Glossary

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

DELETE /v1/glossaries/{id}

DELETE /v1/glossaries/{id}

Python

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")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "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

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.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted glossary to restore.

DELETE /v1/glossaries/{id}

Python

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")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "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
}

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Returns

Soft delete returns the glossary object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored glossary 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 glossary
404	NOT_FOUND	Glossary with given ID or FQN does not exist