Bulk delete documents from a corpus

DELETE 
/v2/corpora/:corpus_key/documents

Supported API Key Type:

Index ServicePersonal

Initiates an asynchronous bulk delete operation for documents in a corpus. This operation accepts a metadata filter, a list of specific document IDs, or both.

Important: This is a best-effort operation. See the response schema documentation for details on the behavior differences between metadata_filter and document_ids parameters.

The operation runs as a background workflow. Use the returned job_id to track progress via the Jobs API.

Request

Responses

200

Bulk delete operation completed successfully (synchronous mode).

202

Bulk delete operation accepted and queued.

400

Invalid request.

403

Permissions do not allow bulk deleting documents.

404

Corpus not found.

504

Synchronous operation timed out. The error message contains the job_id to track status via Jobs API. Workflow continues running in background.