Delete a document in Fusion via API

Goal:

A guide to delete documents from Fusion via the Index Pipeline API's.

Environment:

Fusion 4.x.x & Fusion 5.x.x

Guide:

You can delete documents from Fusion using the Index Pipeline API.

For example, If you have a document with id = 1234 which you would like to delete from Fusion, you can delete the document using the following:

Note: In the command(s) below, update the id value and all the variables (prefaced with a $):

Fusion 4.x - 5.1.x

curl -u $username:$password -X POST -H \
"Content-Type: application/vnd.lucidworks-document" -d \
'[{ "id": "1234","commands": [{"name": "delete","params": {}}, {"name": "commit","params": {}}]}]' \
http://$fusionHost:$fusionPort/api/apollo/index-pipelines/$indexPipelineId/collections/$collection/index

Fusion 5.2.0+

curl -u $username:$password -X POST -H \
"Content-Type: application/vnd.lucidworks-document" -d \
'[{ "id": "1234","commands": [{"name": "delete","params": {}}, {"name": "commit","params": {}}]}]' \
http://$fusionHost:$fusionPort/api/index-pipelines/$indexPipelineId/collections/$collection/index

Note: In 5.2.0+ the REST API endpoint /api/apollo/.. in earlier versions has been replaced with /api/...