Deleting a local files repository

Use this API to delete a files repository located on the same server as the OSS instance.

Requirement: OpenSearchServer v1.5

The URLs and HTTP methods used by this API are different from other OSS APIs, please give this document a careful read.

Call parameters

URL: /services/rest/crawler/file/repository/remove/localfile/{index_name}/{result_type}?path={path}

Method: DELETE

URL parameters:

• index_name (required): The name of the index.
• result_type (required): The type of returned result (json or xml).
• path (required): The path used by this repository.

Success response

The repository has been deleted.

HTTP code:
200

Content (json):

{
"successful":true
}

Error response

The request failed. The reason is provided in the content.

HTTP code:
500

Sample call

Using CURL:
Simple call:

curl -XDELETE -H \
http://localhost:8080/services/rest/crawler/file/repository/remove/localfile/my_index/json?path=E:/_temp

Using jQuery:

$.ajax({
type: "DELETE",
dataType: "json",
url: "http://localhost:8080/services/rest/crawler/file/repository/remove/localfile/my_index/json?path=E:/_temp"
}).done(function (data) {
console.log(data);
});

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