--
:api: delete-alias
:request: DeleteAliasRequest
:response: AcknowledgedResponse
--

[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Delete Alias API

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Delete Alias Request

An +{request}+ requires an `index` and an `alias` argument:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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==== Optional arguments
The following arguments can optionally be provided:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-timeout]
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<1> Timeout to wait for the all the nodes to acknowledge the index is opened
as a `TimeValue`

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request-masterTimeout]
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<1> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `TimeValue`

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Delete Alias Response

The returned +{response}+ indicates if the request to delete the alias
was received.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> Whether or not the request to delete the alias was
acknowledged.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]