How to delete an Elasticsearch Index using Python?

Question

I have Python 2.7 and Elasticsearch 2.1.1. I used the following to delete an index:

es.delete(index='researchtest', doc_type='test')

but this gives me this message:

return func(*args, params=params, **kwargs)
TypeError: delete() takes at least 4 arguments (4 given)

I also tried this technique:

es.delete_by_query(
    index='researchtest', 
    doc_type='test',
    body='{"query":{"match_all":{}}}'
)

but I get this message:

AttributeError: 'Elasticsearch' object has no attribute 'delete_by_query'

Has the API changed for 2.1.1 for python?

https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.org/en/master/api.html#elasticsearch.client.IndicesClient.delete

ferdy · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-24 07:08:23Z

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For ES 8+ use:

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch()

es.options(ignore_status=[400,404]).indices.delete(index='test-index')

For older versions use this notation:

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch()

es.indices.delete(index='test-index', ignore=[400, 404])

edited May 24, 2022 at 7:08

answered Feb 1, 2016 at 15:33

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Luk Aron Over a year ago

is the ignore useful?

ciurlaro Over a year ago

@LukAron it is if you are trying to delete a non existing index

Aida.Mirabadi Over a year ago

This command returns a deprecation warning message for ElasticSearch python client 8+. So, it's alternative for ES 8+ is: es.options(ignore_status=[400,404]).indices.delete(index='test-index')

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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If you have a document object (model) and you're using elasticsearch-dsl, specially with Python-3.X you can directly call the delete method of your model's _index attribute.

ClassName._index.delete()

Also as it's stated in documentation:

The _index attribute is also home to the load_mappings method which will update the mapping on the Index from elasticsearch. This is very useful if you use dynamic mappings and want the class to be aware of those fields (for example if you wish the Date fields to be properly (de)serialized):
Post._index.load_mappings()

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buddemat · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-01 14:07:11Z

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Since passing transport options in the API method is deprecated in the Elasticsearch python client 8+, the way to specify HTTP status codes that should be ignored (e.g. to prevent errors in case the target index does not exist) would be by using Elasticsearch.options() now:

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch()

es.options(ignore_status=[400,404]).indices.delete(index='test-index')

(see documentation).

answered Apr 1, 2022 at 14:07

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Nokados · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-07 23:38:31Z

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If you're using elasticsearch-dsl, use

from elasticsearch_dsl import Index

index = Index('test-index')
index.delete(ignore=[400, 404])

answered Apr 7, 2022 at 23:38

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David Medinets · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-08 15:24:55Z

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If you are using old version ES 8+:

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
es = Elasticsearch(http://localhost:9200)

# Delete
es.indices.delete(index='name_index', ignore=[400, 404])

edited Nov 8, 2023 at 15:24

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