Delete a Storage Service

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

DELETE /v1/services/storageServices/{id}

DELETE /v1/services/storageServices/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import StorageServices

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

# Soft delete by ID
StorageServices.delete("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106")

# Hard delete
StorageServices.delete(
    "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
StorageServices.delete_by_name("s3_datalake")

# Delete by name with options
StorageServices.delete_by_name(
    "s3_datalake",
    hard_delete=True,
    recursive=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted storage service
StorageServices.restore("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
  "name": "s3_datalake",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake",
  "serviceType": "S3",
  "description": "Production S3 data lake for analytics",
  "connection": {
    "config": {
      "type": "S3",
      "awsConfig": {
        "enabled": false,
        "awsAccessKeyId": "AKIA...",
        "awsSecretAccessKey": "*********",
        "awsRegion": "us-east-1",
        "endPointURL": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/"
      }
    }
  },
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982621820,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "deleted": true,
  "domains": []
}

Delete a Storage Service

Delete a storage 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 storage service to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities (containers).

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the storage service (e.g., s3_datalake).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities (containers).

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the storage service.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Storage Service

Use PUT /v1/services/storageServices/restore to restore a soft-deleted storage service.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted storage service to restore.

DELETE /v1/services/storageServices/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import StorageServices

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

# Soft delete by ID
StorageServices.delete("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106")

# Hard delete
StorageServices.delete(
    "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
StorageServices.delete_by_name("s3_datalake")

# Delete by name with options
StorageServices.delete_by_name(
    "s3_datalake",
    hard_delete=True,
    recursive=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted storage service
StorageServices.restore("d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
  "name": "s3_datalake",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake",
  "serviceType": "S3",
  "description": "Production S3 data lake for analytics",
  "connection": {
    "config": {
      "type": "S3",
      "awsConfig": {
        "enabled": false,
        "awsAccessKeyId": "AKIA...",
        "awsSecretAccessKey": "*********",
        "awsRegion": "us-east-1",
        "endPointURL": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/"
      }
    }
  },
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982621820,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "deleted": true,
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

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