How to delete node in a func

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1

How do you delete a node in a func?

For starters I have the following:

curl localhost:8080/alter -XPOST -d $'
	{
		deleteusername(func: eq(user.name, "Alice")) {
      uid
      delete {
        uid # and maybe * * .
      }
		}
	}
' | python -m json.tool | less

I get:

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": "Error",
            "message": "Unexpected token: lex.Item [6] \"{\" while parsing schema"
        }
    ]
}
2

You’ve got a typo in the URL for starters: /alter is used for schema changes, /mutate is for mutations.

3

Yes, thanks Jesper

So now I am at this error:

{
“errors”: [
{
“code”: “ErrorInvalidRequest”,
“message”: “Invalid mutation formatting.”
}
]
}

4

In addition to what Jesper said. You do not perform deletions with Query.
You need to use RDF or JSON. Follow links.

RDF

https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#mutations-using-curl
https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#delete

JSON

https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#deleting-edges
https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#json-syntax-using-raw-http-or-ratel-ui

5

Thanks Michel

I did play around with this, do you know how I can delete without knowing the uid upfront?

6

Dgraph query and mutation are distinct operations that do not mix.
You must first query, collect the UIDs and then do the deletion process.

7

Sorry, but there must be is something I totally dont get.

From:
https://docs.dgraph.io/mutations/#mutations-using-curl

Running from terminal, this does not work:

curl -X POST localhost:8080/mutate -d $'
{
  set {
    _:alice <name> "Alice" .
  }
}'

I tried also using docker exec dgraph curl ...

It does work from Ratel UI.

But mostly in connection to the original question, I am unable to delete from terminal:

curl -X POST localhost:8080/mutate -d $'
{
  delete {
    _:alice <name> "Alice" .
  }
}'

Or Ratel:

{
  delete {
    _:alice <name> "Alice" .
  }
}

I get:
: uid not found/generated for xid _:alice

And if you are supposed to query first and then delete, using uid -I dont understand the documentation:

curl -X POST localhost:8080/mutate -d $'
{
  delete {
    _:alice <name> "Alice" .
  }
}'

Hope you can help, thanks in advance

8

Shouldn’t you also set the commit headers?
curl -H 'X-Dgraph-MutationType: json' -H 'X-Dgraph-CommitNow: true' …

9

Good thinking, but as I understand it - the json part is:

curl -X POST localhost:8080/mutate -H 'X-Dgraph-MutationType: json' -H 'X-Dgraph-CommitNow: true' -d  $'
    {
      "delete": [
        {
          "uid": "0xa"
        }
      ]
    }' | jq

Where as:

curl -X POST localhost:8080/mutate -d $'
{
  delete {
    _:alice <name> "Alice" .
  }
}'

is the way dgraph is doing there own json RDF version - but what do I know :slight_smile:

Thanks

10

First point. Mutation / Delation does not query. That is, it will not find “Alice” for you. The _:alice is a identifier known as “blank node”.

You need to first find Alice via query and then use like that

curl -X POST localhost:8080/mutate -d $'
{
  delete {
    <0x56f33> * * .   #the "0x56f33" would be Alice's UID
  }
}'

The JSON format for deletion you can find in Get started with Dgraph

Also, please do our Tour https://tour.dgraph.io/

11

I did go through all https://tour.dgraph.io/

Very good tour!

I just think the documentation is misleading by giving the samples, that is all - thanks.

curl -X POST localhost:8080/mutate -d $'
{
  delete {
    _:alice <name> "Alice" .
  }
}'
12

oh yeah! I see now. It’s my fault. I didn’t noticed it.
I’ll fix that, thanks!

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