delete-database

Delete a child database from the current database.

Syntax

fauna delete-database DBNAME [OPTIONS]

Description

The delete-database command deletes a child database. If you don’t pass any options at the command line, Fauna uses the default options in the fauna-shell configuration file.

This command deletes the database and all of its contents.

It is not possible to use this command to delete a parent or peer database. To delete a database outside of the current database, use the Fauna Dashboard.

Arguments

Argument Description

DBNAME

The name of the database to delete.

Options

Option Description

--domain=<domain>

Optional Fauna server domain, that is, the hostname where Fauna is running. Defaults to db.fauna.com.

--endpoint=<name>

Optional name of the endpoint to use for the command.

--port=<number>

Optional connection port. Defaults to 8443.

--scheme=<scheme>

Optional connection scheme. Must be one of https or http. Defaults to https.

--secret=<secret>

Optional secret to use. A secret authenticates your connection to Fauna, and connects you to a database.

--timeout=<integer>

Optional connection timeout, an integer number of milliseconds. When the interval has elapsed, fauna-shell stops waiting for a response and displays an error.

The default is zero, which means that fauna-shell waits until a response is received.

--graphqlHost=<name>

Not supported.

--graphqlPort=<number>

Not supported.

Examples

Assume that the current database has only one child database, my-test-db. To delete it, run:

$ fauna delete-database my-test-db
deleting database 'my-test-db'
database 'my-test-db' deleted

To verify that the database is deleted, run fauna shell and query the list of child databases and note that there are now none:

Connected to https://db.fauna.com:443
Type Ctrl+D or .exit to exit the shell
> Database.all()
{
  data: [
    {
      name: "production",
      coll: Database,
      ts: Time("2023-08-21T23:28:56.840Z"),
      global_id: "ywz5gew1syrre"
    },
    {
      name: "internal",
      coll: Database,
      ts: Time("2023-08-21T23:28:56.840Z"),
      global_id: "ywz5gew1syyre"
    }
  ]
}

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