Delete a synonym rule | Elasticsearch API documentation

Delete a synonym rule Added in 8.10.0

DELETE /_synonyms/{set_id}/{rule_id}

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Delete a synonym rule from a synonym set.

Path parameters

set_id string Required

The ID of the synonym set to update.
rule_id string Required

The ID of the synonym rule to delete.

Query parameters

refresh boolean

If true, the request will refresh the analyzers with the deleted synonym rule and wait for the new synonyms to be available before returning. If false, analyzers will not be reloaded with the deleted synonym rule

Responses

200 application/json
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- result string Required
  
  Values are created, updated, deleted, not_found, or noop.
- reload_analyzers_details object
  
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  reload_details array[object] Required
  
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  index string Required
  
  reloaded_analyzers array[string] Required
  
  reloaded_node_ids array[string] Required
  
  _shards object Required
  
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  failed number Required
  
  successful number Required
  
  total number Required
  
  failures array[object]
  
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  index string
  
  node string
  
  reason object Required
  
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  type string Required
  
  The type of error
  
  reason string
  
  A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.
  
  stack_trace string
  
  The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.
  
  caused_by object
  
  root_cause array[object]
  
  suppressed array[object]
  
  shard number Required
  
  status string
  
  skipped number

DELETE /_synonyms/{set_id}/{rule_id}

curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_synonyms/{set_id}/{rule_id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Response examples (200)

A successful response from `DELETE _synonyms/my-synonyms-set/test-1`. All analyzers using this synonyms set will be reloaded automatically to reflect the rule being deleted.

{
  "result": "deleted",
  "reload_analyzers_details": {
    "_shards": {
      "total": 2,
      "successful": 1,
      "failed": 0
    },
    "reload_details": [
      {
        "index": "test-index",
        "reloaded_analyzers": [
          "my_search_analyzer"
        ],
        "reloaded_node_ids": [
          "1wYFZzq8Sxeu_Jvt9mlbkg"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}