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Collection.delete() method

Delete a document by _id property in JsonDoc

Signature:

delete(jsonDoc: JsonDoc, options?: DeleteOptions): Promise<DeleteResultJsonDoc>;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
jsonDoc	JsonDoc	JsonDoc whose _id is shortId. Only the _id property is referenced. shortId is a file path whose collectionPath and extension are omitted.
options	DeleteOptions

Returns:

Promise<DeleteResultJsonDoc >

Exceptions

Err.UndefinedDocumentIdError

Err.DatabaseClosingError

Err.TaskCancelError

# Errors from deleteWorker

• Err.UndefinedDBError

• Err.DocumentNotFoundError

• Err.CannotDeleteDataError