Delete one or several documents.
The method has 2 ways of deleting: either by id, in case only one document is deleted or by using a match query, in which case multiple documents can be delete .
Example of input to delete by id:
```
{'table':'movies','id':100}
```
Example of input to delete using a query:
```
{
'table':'movies',
'query':
{
'bool':
{
'must':
[
{'query_string':'new movie'}
]
}
}
}
```
The match query has same syntax as in for searching.
Responds with an object telling how many documents got deleted:
```
{'table':'products','updated':1}
```
Delete is an example object payload from Manticore Search, with 6 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
{
"operationId": "delete",
"method": "POST",
"path": "/delete",
"summary": "Delete a document in a table",
"description": "Delete one or several documents.\nThe method has 2 ways of deleting: either by id, in case only one document is deleted or by using a match query, in which case multiple documents can be delete .\nExample of input to delete by id:\n\n ```\n {'table':'movies','id':100}\n ```\n\nExample of input to delete using a query:\n\n ```\n {\n 'table':'movies',\n 'query':\n {\n 'bool':\n {\n 'must':\n [\n {'query_string':'new movie'}\n ]\n }\n }\n }\n ```\n\nThe match query has same syntax as in for searching.\nResponds with an object telling how many documents got deleted: \n\n ```\n {'table':'products','updated':1}\n ```\n",
"requestExample": "test"
}
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