Delete an API Endpoint

Delete an API endpoint by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

DELETE /v1/apiEndpoints/{id}

DELETE /v1/apiEndpoints/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import APIEndpoints

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

# Soft delete by ID
APIEndpoints.delete("1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c")

# Hard delete
APIEndpoints.delete(
    "1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
APIEndpoints.delete_by_name("sample_api_service.pet.addPet")

# Delete by name with options
APIEndpoints.delete_by_name(
    "sample_api_service.pet.addPet",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted API endpoint
APIEndpoints.restore("1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c",
  "name": "addPet",
  "displayName": "Add Pet",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service.pet.addPet",
  "description": "add a new pet",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982733987,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "endpointURL": "https://petstore3.swagger.io/#/pet/addPet",
  "requestMethod": "POST",
  "service": {
    "id": "58d413a8-abc3-4a6d-bd8a-13a0234b1ff8",
    "type": "apiService",
    "name": "sample_api_service"
  },
  "serviceType": "Rest",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

Delete an API Endpoint

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

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the API endpoint to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

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

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the API endpoint.

Restore a Soft-Deleted API Endpoint

Use PUT /v1/apiEndpoints/restore to restore a soft-deleted API endpoint.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted API endpoint to restore.

DELETE /v1/apiEndpoints/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import APIEndpoints

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

# Soft delete by ID
APIEndpoints.delete("1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c")

# Hard delete
APIEndpoints.delete(
    "1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
APIEndpoints.delete_by_name("sample_api_service.pet.addPet")

# Delete by name with options
APIEndpoints.delete_by_name(
    "sample_api_service.pet.addPet",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted API endpoint
APIEndpoints.restore("1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "1f61427a-4a64-4070-9ac8-1d29302dac7c",
  "name": "addPet",
  "displayName": "Add Pet",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service.pet.addPet",
  "description": "add a new pet",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982733987,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "endpointURL": "https://petstore3.swagger.io/#/pet/addPet",
  "requestMethod": "POST",
  "service": {
    "id": "58d413a8-abc3-4a6d-bd8a-13a0234b1ff8",
    "type": "apiService",
    "name": "sample_api_service"
  },
  "serviceType": "Rest",
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

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