arangodb/Documentation/DocuBlocks/Rest/Indexes/JSF_post_api_index_delete.md

@startDocuBlock JSF_post_api_index_delete @brief deletes an index

@RESTHEADER{DELETE /_api/index/{index-handle}, Delete index}

@RESTURLPARAMETERS

@RESTURLPARAM{index-handle,string,required} The index handle.

@RESTDESCRIPTION

Deletes an index with index-handle.

@RESTRETURNCODES

@RESTRETURNCODE{200} If the index could be deleted, then an HTTP 200 is returned.

@RESTRETURNCODE{404} If the index-handle is unknown, then an HTTP 404 is returned. @EXAMPLES

@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestIndexDeleteUniqueSkiplist} var cn = "products"; db._drop(cn); db._create(cn);

var url = "/_api/index/" + db.products.ensureSkiplist("a","b").id;

var response = logCurlRequest('DELETE', url);

assert(response.code === 200);

logJsonResponse(response);

~ db._drop(cn); @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN @endDocuBlock