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Delete and purge a package in CKAN using API?

Using CKAN API I can delete a package (which marks it as inactive). But how can I purge it (delete it from the database) using API and NOT the admin interface?

Solution

  • The CKAN API doesn't currently support purging trash, but you can automate the admin trash purge form submission with a POST to /ckan-admin/trash with a payload of "purge-packages=purge", as an admin. Here's how in Python:

    import urllib2

admin_api_key = '<my_admin_api_key>'
ckan_base = 'http://my_site.net'

request = urllib2.Request('{0}/ckan-admin/trash'.format(ckan_base))
request.add_header('Authorization', admin_api_key)
response = urllib2.urlopen(request, 'purge-packages=purge')
assert response.code == 200