Delete a Topic

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

DELETE /v1/topics/{id}

DELETE /v1/topics/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Topics

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

# Soft delete by ID
Topics.delete("0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016")

# Hard delete
Topics.delete(
    "0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Topics.delete_by_name("sample_kafka.address_book")

# Delete by name with options
Topics.delete_by_name(
    "sample_kafka.address_book",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted topic
Topics.restore("0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016",
  "name": "address_book",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_kafka.address_book",
  "description": "All Protobuf record related events gets captured in this topic",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982663546,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30",
    "type": "messagingService",
    "name": "sample_kafka",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_kafka"
  },
  "serviceType": "Kafka",
  "messageSchema": {
    "schemaText": "syntax = \"proto2\";\npackage tutorial;\nmessage Person { ... }",
    "schemaType": "Protobuf"
  },
  "partitions": 1,
  "cleanupPolicies": ["delete"],
  "replicationFactor": 1,
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

Delete a Topic

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

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the topic to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

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

Delete by Name

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

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the topic (e.g., sample_kafka.address_book).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the topic.

Restore a Soft-Deleted Topic

Use PUT /v1/topics/restore to restore a soft-deleted topic.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted topic to restore.

DELETE /v1/topics/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Topics

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

# Soft delete by ID
Topics.delete("0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016")

# Hard delete
Topics.delete(
    "0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Topics.delete_by_name("sample_kafka.address_book")

# Delete by name with options
Topics.delete_by_name(
    "sample_kafka.address_book",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted topic
Topics.restore("0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "0a021819-982e-4ee4-a5a2-4af30eaa3016",
  "name": "address_book",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_kafka.address_book",
  "description": "All Protobuf record related events gets captured in this topic",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982663546,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "469ef25e-9bdf-4d5f-8553-eb0ce8581f30",
    "type": "messagingService",
    "name": "sample_kafka",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_kafka"
  },
  "serviceType": "Kafka",
  "messageSchema": {
    "schemaText": "syntax = \"proto2\";\npackage tutorial;\nmessage Person { ... }",
    "schemaType": "Protobuf"
  },
  "partitions": 1,
  "cleanupPolicies": ["delete"],
  "replicationFactor": 1,
  "deleted": true,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

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