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API - Delete Solr Index

Index Management
API Endpoint

Delete Solr Index

Permanently delete a Solr index and all its data. This action cannot be undone.

Endpoint

GET https://opensolr.com/solr_manager/api/delete_core
Alias: delete_index is accepted as an alternative name for this endpoint and behaves identically to delete_core.
Note: when calling delete_index the index is passed as index_name; delete_core takes core_name.

Parameters

ParameterStatusDescription
emailrequiredYour Opensolr registration email address
api_keyrequiredYour Opensolr API key
index_namerequiredThe name of the index you wish to delete
Warning: This permanently deletes the index and all its data. Make sure you have a backup before proceeding. This action cannot be undone.

Code Examples

$_ cURL

curl -s "https://opensolr.com/solr_manager/api/delete_core?email=YOUR_EMAIL&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&index_name=YOUR_INDEX"

PHP PHP

$params = http_build_query([
    'email'      => 'YOUR_EMAIL',
    'api_key'    => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'index_name' => 'YOUR_INDEX',
]);
$response = json_decode(file_get_contents(
    'https://opensolr.com/solr_manager/api/delete_core?' . $params
), true);
print_r($response);

Py Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://opensolr.com/solr_manager/api/delete_core",
    params={
        "email": "YOUR_EMAIL",
        "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "index_name": "YOUR_INDEX",
    }
)
data = response.json()
print(data)

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