DELETE /{db}

This request deletes a database, including all documents and attachments.

Request

Request headers

This request does not have any required headers.

Query parameters

This request does not use query parameters.

Message body

This request does not use a message body.

Response

Status codes

• 200 OK – Database removed successfully
• 400 Bad Request – Invalid database name
• 401 Unauthorized – Couchbase Server Administrator privileges required
• 404 Not Found – Database doesn’t exist

Response headers

This response uses only standard HTTP headers.

Message body

The response contains a JSON document that contains some of the following objects:

Example

Request

DELETE /genealogy HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:59840

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 18
Server: CouchbaseLite 1.485
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 04:24:05 GMT
{
  "ok" : true
}