JavaScript SDK
await client.geospatial.featureType.delete([{ externalId: 'ocean_temperature'}], { recursive : true });curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete"
payload = { "items": [{ "externalId": "ocean_temperature" }] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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' => 'ocean_temperature'
]
]
]),
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}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\"\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}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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\": \"ocean_temperature\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
],
"invalid": [
{}
],
"dependencies": [
{}
]
}
}Delete feature types
Required capabilities:
geospatialAcl:WRITE
Delete feature types.
POST
/
geospatial
/
featuretypes
/
delete
JavaScript SDK
await client.geospatial.featureType.delete([{ externalId: 'ocean_temperature'}], { recursive : true });curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete"
payload = { "items": [{ "externalId": "ocean_temperature" }] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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' => 'ocean_temperature'
]
]
]),
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}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\"\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}/geospatial/featuretypes/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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\": \"ocean_temperature\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
],
"invalid": [
{}
],
"dependencies": [
{}
]
}
}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
List of feature types to be deleted. It is possible to delete a maximum of 10 feature types per request. Feature types must not have related features. Feature types with related features can be deleted using force flag.
Response
Empty response.
The response is of type object.
Last modified on August 21, 2026
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