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Delete a geoserver layer using the API with Python Requests
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delete_geoserver_layer.py
import requests
def delete_layer(layer_name):
s = requests.Session()
GEOSERVER_USER = 'someusername'
GEOSERVER_PASS = 'asecretthingy'
s.auth = (GEOSERVER_USER, GEOSERVER_PASS)
headers_json = {'Content-type': 'application/json', }
del_url = "https:/yourgeoserver.com/workspaces/SsmeWorkspaceName/datastores/someDataStoreName/featuretypes/" + layer_name + "?recurse=true"
r = s.delete(del_url, headers=headers_json, data={})
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Ah blog plug to myself, some details are found here: my blog post to as to how to do this

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