[[java-rest-high-snapshot-delete-snapshot]]
=== Delete Snapshot API

The Delete Snapshot API allows to delete a snapshot.

[[java-rest-high-snapshot-delete-snapshot-request]]
==== Delete Snapshot Request

A `DeleteSnapshotRequest`:

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==== Optional Arguments
The following arguments can optionally be provided:

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<1> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `TimeValue`
<2> Timeout to connect to the master node as a `String`

[[java-rest-high-snapshot-delete-snapshot-sync]]
==== Synchronous Execution

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[[java-rest-high-snapshot-delete-snapshot-async]]
==== Asynchronous Execution

The asynchronous execution of a delete snapshot  request requires both the
`DeleteSnapshotRequest` instance and an `ActionListener` instance to be
passed to the asynchronous method:

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<1> The `DeleteSnapshotRequest` to execute and the `ActionListener`
to use when the execution completes

The asynchronous method does not block and returns immediately. Once it is
completed the `ActionListener` is called back using the `onResponse` method
if the execution successfully completed or using the `onFailure` method if
it failed.

A typical listener for `DeleteSnapshotResponse` looks like:

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<1> Called when the execution is successfully completed. The response is
provided as an argument
<2> Called in case of a failure. The raised exception is provided as an argument

[[java-rest-high-cluster-delete-snapshot-response]]
==== Delete Snapshot Response

The returned `DeleteSnapshotResponse` allows to retrieve information about the
executed operation as follows:

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<1> Indicates the node has acknowledged the request