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# Delete Vectors

DELETE https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/{index_id}/vectors
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://docs.talqora.com/api-reference/vector-storage-and-retrieval/delete

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use a tq_live_ API key as a Bearer token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `index_id` (string, required)

### Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a DeleteRequest.

- `ids` (list of string, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `deleted_count` (integer, required)
- `status` ("ok", optional, default: ok)

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Organization write rate limit exceeded

- `error` (string, required)
- `status` ("error", optional, default: error)
- `message` (string, optional, nullable)
- `code` (string, optional, nullable)
- `field` (string, optional, nullable)
- `expected` (string, optional, nullable)
- `request_id` (string, optional, nullable)
- `upgrade_url` (string, optional, nullable)

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "ids": [
    "string"
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "deleted_count": 1,
  "status": "ok"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors"

payload = { "ids": ["string"] }
headers = {
    "Idempotency-Key": "Idempotency-Key",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <Talqora API key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'Idempotency-Key': 'Idempotency-Key',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <Talqora API key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{"ids":["string"]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"ids\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Idempotency-Key", "Idempotency-Key")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <Talqora API key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Idempotency-Key"] = 'Idempotency-Key'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <Talqora API key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"ids\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors")
  .header("Idempotency-Key", "Idempotency-Key")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <Talqora API key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"ids\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors', [
  'body' => '{
  "ids": [
    "string"
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <Talqora API key>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Idempotency-Key' => 'Idempotency-Key',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Idempotency-Key", "Idempotency-Key");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <Talqora API key>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"ids\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Idempotency-Key": "Idempotency-Key",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <Talqora API key>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["ids": ["string"]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.talqora.com/v1/indexes/index_id/vectors")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```