Drop a keyspace

Drops a keyspace from a database and deletes all data in that keyspace.

You need an application token with permission to interact with the target database, such as the Database Administrator role.

For more information, see Get endpoint and token.

Result

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Drops the specified keyspace.

Does not return anything.

Drops the specified keyspace.

Returns a promise that resolves once the operation completes.

Drops the specified keyspace.

Does not return anything.

Drops the specified keyspace.

A successful request returns 204 No Content.

Parameters

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Use the drop_keyspace method, which belongs to the astrapy.DataAPIDatabaseAdmin class.

Method signature

drop_keyspace(
  name: str,
  *,
  keyspace_admin_timeout_ms: int,
  request_timeout_ms: int,
  timeout_ms: int,
) -> None

Name Type Summary

Name	Type	Summary
`name`	`str`	The name of the keyspace to drop.
`wait_until_active`	`bool`	Optional. Whether to wait for the database to become active again before returning. If false, the method returns immediately after issuing the creation request, but you cannot work with the database until it becomes active again. Default: true
`keyspace_admin_timeout_ms`	`int`	Optional. A timeout, in milliseconds, to impose on the underlying API request. If not provided, the `DataAPIDatabaseAdmin` defaults apply. This parameter is aliased as `request_timeout_ms` and `timeout_ms` for convenience.

name

str

The name of the keyspace to drop.

wait_until_active

bool

Optional. Whether to wait for the database to become active again before returning. If false, the method returns immediately after issuing the creation request, but you cannot work with the database until it becomes active again.

Default: true

keyspace_admin_timeout_ms

int

Optional. A timeout, in milliseconds, to impose on the underlying API request. If not provided, the DataAPIDatabaseAdmin defaults apply.

This parameter is aliased as request_timeout_ms and timeout_ms for convenience.

Use the dropKeyspace method, which belongs to the DataAPIDbAdmin class.

Method signature

async dropKeyspace(
  keyspace: string,
  options?: {
    timeout?: number | TimeoutDescriptor,
  }
): void

Name Type Summary

Name	Type	Summary
`keyspace`	`string`	The name of the keyspace to drop.
`options`	`object`	Optional. The options for this operation. See Properties of `options` for more details.

keyspace

string

The name of the keyspace to drop.

options

object

Optional. The options for this operation. See Properties of options for more details.

Properties of `options`
Name	Type	Summary
`blocking`	`boolean`	Optional. Whether to wait for the database to become active again before returning. If false, the method returns immediately after issuing the creation request, but you cannot work with the database until it becomes active again. Default: true
`timeout`	`number` \| `TimeoutDescriptor`	Optional. The timeout(s) to apply to this method. You can specify `requestTimeoutMs` and `keyspaceAdminTimeoutMs`. Details about the `timeout` parameter The `TimeoutDescriptor` object can contain these properties: `requestTimeoutMs` (`number`): The maximum time, in milliseconds, that the client should wait for each underlying HTTP request. Default: The default value for the admin object. This default is 10 seconds unless you specified a different default when you initialized the `DataAPIDbAdmin` or `DataAPIClient` object. `keyspaceAdminTimeoutMs` (`number`): The maximum time, in milliseconds, for keyspace admin operations like creating, dropping, and listing keyspaces. Default: The default value for the admin object. This default is 30 seconds unless you specified a different default when you initialized the `DataAPIDbAdmin` or `DataAPIClient` object. If you specify a number instead of a `TimeoutDescriptor` object, that number will be applied to both `requestTimeoutMs` and `keyspaceAdminTimeoutMs`.

Use the dropKeyspace method, which belongs to the com.datastax.astra.client.admin.DatabaseAdmin class.

Method signature

void dropKeyspace(String keyspace)

void dropKeyspace(
  String keyspace,
  DropKeyspaceOptions options
)

Name Type Summary

Name	Type	Summary
`keyspace`	`String`	The name of the keyspace to drop.
`options`	`DropKeyspaceOptions`	Optional. The options for this operation. See Methods of `DropKeyspaceOptions` for more details.

keyspace

String

The name of the keyspace to drop.

options

DropKeyspaceOptions

Optional. The options for this operation. See Methods of DropKeyspaceOptions for more details.

Methods of `DropKeyspaceOptions`
Method	Parameters	Summary
`ifExists()`	`boolean`	Optional. Whether the command should silently succeed even if a keyspace with the given name does not exist. Default: true

Command signature

curl -sS -L -X DELETE "https://api.astra.datastax.com/v2/databases/DATABASE_ID/keyspaces/KEYSPACE_NAME" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json"

The application token must have sufficient permissions to perform the requested operations, such as the Organization Administrator role.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to drop a keyspace.

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from astrapy import DataAPIClient
client = DataAPIClient("TOKEN")
db_admin = client.get_admin().get_database_admin("https://01234567-...")

db_admin.list_keyspaces()
# ['default_keyspace', 'that_other_one']
db_admin.drop_keyspace("that_other_one")
# the 'drop_keyspace' method call takes a few seconds ...
db_admin.list_keyspaces()
# ['default_keyspace']

import { DataAPIClient } from '@datastax/astra-db-ts'

// Spawn an AstraDbAdmin instance
const admin = new DataAPIClient('TOKEN').admin();
const dbAdmin = admin.dbAdmin('ENDPOINT');

(async function () {
  // ['default_keyspace', 'that_other_one']
  console.log(await dbAdmin.listKeyspaces());

  await dbAdmin.dropKeyspace('that_other_one');

  // ['default_keyspace']
  console.log(await dbAdmin.listKeyspaces());
})();

package com.datastax.astra.client.database_admin;

import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database;

public class DropKeyspace {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Default initialization
        Database db = new DataAPIClient("TOKEN")
                .getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT");
        // Drop a Namespace
        db.getDatabaseAdmin().dropKeyspace("<keyspace_name>");
    }
}

curl -sS -L -X DELETE "https://api.astra.datastax.com/v2/databases/DB_ID/keyspaces/KEYSPACE_NAME" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json"

Client reference

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For more information, see the client reference.

Client reference documentation is not applicable for HTTP.

Drop a keyspace

Result

Parameters

Examples

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