Delete

Delete Command for Python SDK

The delete method allows you to delete documents from your index using various criteria.

Arguments

DeletePayload · object · required

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ids · string[] | number[] | string | number

One or more document IDs to delete.

prefix · string

A string prefix to match document IDs for deletion. All documents with IDs starting with this prefix will be deleted.

filter · string

A filter to delete documents based on content fields.

Deleting document with filter is a O(N) operation that performs a full scan. Therefore, it might be slow for large indexes.

Response

Response · int · required

The number of documents that were successfully deleted.

Delete by IDs Array

index.delete(ids=["star-wars", "inception"]);