Azure-docs: please explain/add how to "Delete an Item" when a partition key is required

[SogoGolf]

This error is thrown trying to delete a single document, since no "partition key" is provided:

{"code":"BadRequest","message":"Message: {\"Errors\":[\"The partition key supplied in x-ms-partitionkey header has fewer components than defined in the the collection.\"]}

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• Content: Node.js tutorial for the SQL API for Azure Cosmos DB
• Content Source: articles/cosmos-db/sql-api-nodejs-get-started.md
• Service: cosmos-db
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[ChiragMishra-MSFT]

@SogoGolf Thanks for the feedback. We are currently investigating into the issue and will update you shortly.

[KalyanChanumolu-MSFT]

Hello @SogoGolf

Please pass the partitionKey along with the itemid as shown below and the delete should work.

await client.database(databaseId).container(containerId).item(itemBody.id, _partitionKey_).delete(itemBody);

Please let me know if you need any further help on this.

[SogoGolf]

ok great thanks. you should add this to the docs

[khrome83]

@KalyanChanumolu-MSFT, @ChiragMishra-MSFT - This does not appear to work, and still returns a 404.

    const { body } = await client
      .database("database-id")
      .container("comments")
      .item(itemBody.id, "/id")
      .delete(itemBody);

The ID is in the Database

The Partition Key is Correct

Response

{ code: 404,
  body: '{"code":"NotFound","message":"Entity with the specified id does not exist in the system., \\r\\nRequestStartTime: 2019-04-16T12:49:40.5348051Z, RequestEndTime: 2019-04-16T12:49:40.5447997Z, Number of regions attempted: 1\\r\\nResponseTime: 2019-04-16T12:49:40.5447997Z, StoreResult: StorePhysicalAddress: rntbd://10.0.0.125:14000/apps/6a319c73-c286-4cef-8a3d-8cccdec58ccc/services/ba134f6e-bf45-4e9c-ab26-1f3c8c6a729f/partitions/365c39b7-34c4-4c38-87bf-a1071ccde66a/replicas/131996751003532041p, LSN: 54, GlobalCommittedLsn: 54, PartitionKeyRangeId: 0, IsValid: True, StatusCode: 404, SubStatusCode: 0, RequestCharge: 1.24, ItemLSN: -1, SessionToken: -1#54, UsingLocalLSN: False, TransportException: null, ResourceType: Document, OperationType: Delete\\r\\n, Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Common/2.2.0.0"}',
  headers: 
   { 'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',
     'content-type': 'application/json',
     'content-location': 'https://culturescreen-1-centralus.documents.azure.com/dbs/culturescreen-01/colls/comments/docs/f53d4285-bd8d-4280-b2a1-e7516b964063',
     server: 'Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0',
     'x-ms-last-state-change-utc': 'Sun, 14 Apr 2019 00:25:06.490 GMT',
     lsn: '54',
     'x-ms-schemaversion': '1.7',
     'x-ms-quorum-acked-lsn': '54',
     'x-ms-current-write-quorum': '3',
     'x-ms-current-replica-set-size': '4',
     'x-ms-xp-role': '1',
     'x-ms-global-committed-lsn': '54',
     'x-ms-number-of-read-regions': '0',
     'x-ms-transport-request-id': '144',
     'x-ms-cosmos-llsn': '54',
     'x-ms-cosmos-quorum-acked-llsn': '54',
     'x-ms-session-token': '0:-1#54',
     'x-ms-request-charge': '1.24',
     'x-ms-serviceversion': 'version=2.2.0.0',
     'x-ms-activity-id': 'dac83560-c988-44e6-b7f2-a5d0f0b52d40',
     'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000',
     'x-ms-gatewayversion': 'version=2.2.0.0',
     date: 'Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:49:40 GMT',
     'x-ms-throttle-retry-count': 0,
     'x-ms-throttle-retry-wait-time-ms': 0 },
  activityId: 'dac83560-c988-44e6-b7f2-a5d0f0b52d40' }

[khrome83]

@KalyanChanumolu-MSFT, @ChiragMishra-MSFT - the TypeScript definition for .delete() says it takes options, specifically a partionKey.

    const { body } = await client
      .database("database-id")
      .container("comments")
      .item(itemBody.id)
      .delete({ partitionKey: "/id" });

Has the same output as above.

[jmo808]

@KalyanChanumolu-MSFT, @ChiragMishra-MSFT - the TypeScript definition for .delete() says it takes options, specifically a partionKey.

    const { body } = await client
      .database("database-id")
      .container("comments")
      .item(itemBody.id)
      .delete({ partitionKey: "/id" });

Has the same output as above.

I had this working but it's not anymore, but my understanding is that the partitionKey option is the value of the particular partitionKey.

await client
  .database(databaseId)
  .container(containerId)
  .item(itemBody.id)
  .delete({ partitionKey: "value" });

[knutole]

This is still not working as per documentation.

However, this works:

      var deleted_item = await client
          .database(database_id)
          .container(lab_orders_container_id)
          .item(r.id, r.your_partition_key_value) // id + partitionKey value
          .delete()