Delete external data sources
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete"
payload = { "items": [{ "externalId": "my.known.id" }] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: 'my.known.id'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => 'my.known.id'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 403,
"message": "This endpoint is not enabled for project: my-project"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 409,
"message": "Conflict"
}
}Delete external data sources
Required capabilities:
transformationsExternalDataSourcesAcl:WRITE
Delete external data sources by external ID.
Transformations that still reference a deleted data source fail when they next run.
POST
/
transformations
/
externaldata
/
delete
Delete external data sources
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete"
payload = { "items": [{ "externalId": "my.known.id" }] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: 'my.known.id'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => 'my.known.id'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/transformations/externaldata/delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 403,
"message": "This endpoint is not enabled for project: my-project"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 409,
"message": "Conflict"
}
}Authorizations
oidc-tokenoauth2-client-credentialsoauth2-open-industrial-dataoauth2-auth-code
Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.
Body
application/json
External data sources to delete. All externalId values must be
unique within the request.
Required array length:
1 - 1000 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Empty response.
The response is of type object.
Last modified on August 10, 2026
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