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      deleteFeatures

      Information about the deleteFeatures API method

       

      NOTE: This is an Enterprise Feature, it is only available for users who have purchased our Complete Solution Plan.

      Purpose

      Delete feature(s) in a dataset by passing a layerMetaId (dataset id) and criteria matching the feature(s) to be deleted. 

      Please Note: Use with extreme care. Deleted features are not recoverable. Recommended criteria to use is an Equal on a unique identifier or And/Equal to use multiple columns as a composite key.

      Request URL

      DELETE https://maps.espatial.com/esWebAPI/rest/v1b/feature?layerMetaId={LAYER_META_ID}&criteria={CRITERIA}

      DELETE https://maps.espatial.com/esWebAPI/rest/v1b/feature?layerMetaId=179995&criteria={"$type":"Equal","attr":"COMPANY_ID","value":"7897564"}

      Response

      HTTP Response will be true if operation was a success and include a HTTP header "features-removed-count" to indicate number of features removed.