Delete features
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "measurement_point_765"
},
{
"externalId": "measurement_point_863"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete"
payload = { "items": [{ "externalId": "measurement_point_765" }, { "externalId": "measurement_point_863" }] }
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: 'measurement_point_765'}, {externalId: 'measurement_point_863'}]
})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/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}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/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' => 'measurement_point_765'
],
[
'externalId' => 'measurement_point_863'
]
]
]),
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/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_765\"\n },\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_863\"\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/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_765\"\n },\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_863\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/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\": \"measurement_point_765\"\n },\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_863\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
],
"invalid": [
{}
],
"dependencies": [
{}
]
}
}Delete features
Required capabilities:
geospatialAcl:READgeospatialAcl:WRITE
Delete features.
POST
/
geospatial
/
featuretypes
/
{featureTypeExternalId}
/
features
/
delete
Delete features
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "measurement_point_765"
},
{
"externalId": "measurement_point_863"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete"
payload = { "items": [{ "externalId": "measurement_point_765" }, { "externalId": "measurement_point_863" }] }
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: 'measurement_point_765'}, {externalId: 'measurement_point_863'}]
})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/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}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/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' => 'measurement_point_765'
],
[
'externalId' => 'measurement_point_863'
]
]
]),
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/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_765\"\n },\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_863\"\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/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_765\"\n },\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_863\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/{featureTypeExternalId}/features/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\": \"measurement_point_765\"\n },\n {\n \"externalId\": \"measurement_point_863\"\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 $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.
Path Parameters
External Id of the feature type provided by client. Must be unique among all feature type external ids within a CDF project.
Maximum string length:
32Pattern:
^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]{0,31}$Example:
"ocean_measures"
Body
application/json
List of features to be deleted. It is possible to post a maximum of 1000 items per request.
Required array length:
1 - 1000 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Empty response.
The response is of type object.
Last modified on July 10, 2026
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