Truncate (Feature Layer)

Description

The truncate operation supports deleting all features or attachments in a hosted feature service layer. The result of this operation is a response indicating success or failure with error code and description.

Support for the truncate operation only applies if supportsTruncate is true on the layer metadata. The operation is supported on the layer admin API and can be invoked by a user who can administer the service. The truncate operation does not return deleted ID's and will reset the auto-increment column Objectid to 1. As well, the operation does not change the schema of the data (does not add, remove, or alter existing database columns, constraints, or indexes).

Request parameters

Example usage

Below is a sample URL used to access the truncate operation:

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https://services.myserver.com/OrgID/ArcGIS/admin/services/countries-truncate.FeatureServer/0/truncate

JSON Response syntax

When attachmentOnly=true

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{
  "success": <true|false>,
  "error": {
    "code": <code>,
    "message": "<description>",
    "details": [
      "<message>"
    ]
  }
}

JSON response example

When truncate succeeds

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{
  "success": true
}

When truncate fails

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{
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "",
    "details": [
      "Unable to truncate layer data."
    ]
  }
}