https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Delete-index-and-recreate-using-python-sdk/m-p/439907#M76722 <P>Hi, <BR /> I am trying to delete all data from an index for automated testing using the python sdk. The splunk.client.index.clean works intermittently but times out often. I seen this question: where in the last comment gblock [Splunk] suggest not using the clean function but delete the index and recreate instead. I have tried this in the below code function but when I try to recreate, I get an error saying </P> <P>HTTPError: HTTP 404 Not Found -- Index "testindex" is being deleted; name still unavailable</P> <P>Sode Snippet</P> <P>def clear_index(index):<BR /> service = splunk_connection.get()<BR /> if index.state.content.disabled == 1:<BR /> index.enable()<BR /> name = index.name<BR /> service.indexes.delete(name)<BR /> service.indexes.create(name)</P> <P>the user is created as follows.</P> <P>/opt/splunk/bin/splunk add user usernasme -password password -role admin -auth admin:changeme'</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:51:19 GMT bertm81 2020-09-29T19:51:19Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Delete-index-and-recreate-using-python-sdk/m-p/439907#M76722 <P>Hi, <BR /> I am trying to delete all data from an index for automated testing using the python sdk. The splunk.client.index.clean works intermittently but times out often. I seen this question: where in the last comment gblock [Splunk] suggest not using the clean function but delete the index and recreate instead. I have tried this in the below code function but when I try to recreate, I get an error saying </P> <P>HTTPError: HTTP 404 Not Found -- Index "testindex" is being deleted; name still unavailable</P> <P>Sode Snippet</P> <P>def clear_index(index):<BR /> service = splunk_connection.get()<BR /> if index.state.content.disabled == 1:<BR /> index.enable()<BR /> name = index.name<BR /> service.indexes.delete(name)<BR /> service.indexes.create(name)</P> <P>the user is created as follows.</P> <P>/opt/splunk/bin/splunk add user usernasme -password password -role admin -auth admin:changeme'</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:51:19 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Delete-index-and-recreate-using-python-sdk/m-p/439907#M76722 bertm81 2020-09-29T19:51:19Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Delete-index-and-recreate-using-python-sdk/m-p/439908#M76723 <P>Bumping this as I am still having this issue. </P> Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:01:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Delete-index-and-recreate-using-python-sdk/m-p/439908#M76723 bertm81 2018-07-11T16:01:04Z