Remove a document in Vector Store

{% openapi src="/assets/images/f-7T1Jx6BU3fZ2U5LsImW1.webp" path="/vector-stores/{vector-store-id}/documents/{document-id}/" method="delete" %} rememberizer_openapi.yml

Example Requests

{% tabs %}

curl -X DELETE \
  https://api.rememberizer.ai/api/v1/vector-stores/vs_abc123/documents/1234/ \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Info

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual Vector Store API key, vs_abc123 with your Vector Store ID, and 1234 with the document ID.

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript" %}

const deleteDocument = async (vectorStoreId, documentId) => {
  const response = await fetch(`https://api.rememberizer.ai/api/v1/vector-stores/${vectorStoreId}/documents/${documentId}/`, {
    method: 'DELETE',
    headers: {
      'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    }
  });

  if (response.status === 204) {
    console.log("Document deleted successfully");
  } else {
    console.error("Failed to delete document");
  }
};

deleteDocument('vs_abc123', 1234);

Info

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual Vector Store API key, vs_abc123 with your Vector Store ID, and 1234 with the document ID.

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

import requests

def delete_document(vector_store_id, document_id):
    headers = {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }

    response = requests.delete(
        f"https://api.rememberizer.ai/api/v1/vector-stores/{vector_store_id}/documents/{document_id}/",
        headers=headers
    )

    if response.status_code == 204:
        print("Document deleted successfully")
    else:
        print(f"Failed to delete document: {response.text}")

delete_document('vs_abc123', 1234)

Info

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual Vector Store API key, vs_abc123 with your Vector Store ID, and 1234 with the document ID.

{% endtab %}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
vector-store-id	string	Required. The ID of the vector store containing the document.
document-id	integer	Required. The ID of the document to delete.

Response

A successful request returns a 204 No Content status code with no response body.

Authentication

This endpoint requires authentication using an API key in the x-api-key header.

Error Responses

Status Code	Description
401	Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
404	Not Found - Vector Store or document not found
500	Internal Server Error

This endpoint allows you to remove a document from your vector store. Once deleted, the document and its vector embeddings will no longer be available for search operations. This is useful for removing outdated, irrelevant, or sensitive content from your knowledge base.

Warning

Warning: Document deletion is permanent and cannot be undone. Make sure you have a backup of important documents before deleting them.