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Delete an OSM object

Source: R/osmapi_elements.R
osm_delete_object.Rd

Expects a valid XML representation of the element to be deleted.

Usage

osm_delete_object(x, changeset_id)

Arguments

x

The object data. Can be the path of an xml file, a xml2::xml_document or a data.frame inheriting or following the structure of an osmapi_objects object.

changeset_id

The ID of an open changeset where to create the object. If missing, x should define the changeset ID, otherwise it will be overwritten with changeset_id. Ignored if x is a path.

Value

Returns the new version number of the object.

Details

The version must match the version of the element you downloaded and the changeset must match the id of an open changeset owned by the current authenticated user. It is allowed, but not necessary, to have tags on the element except for lat/long which are required for nodes, without lat+lon the server gives 400 Bad request.

If x is a data.frame, the columns type, id, version and changeset must be present + lat and lon for nodes. For the xml format, see the OSM wiki.

If multiple elements are provided only the first is deleted. The rest is discarded.

Note

  • This updates the bounding box of the changeset.

  • To avoid performance issues when deleting multiple objects, the use of the osm_diff_upload_changeset() is highly recommended. This is also the only way to ensure that multiple objects are updated in a single database transaction.

See also

Other edit OSM objects' functions: osm_create_object(), osm_update_object()

Examples

vignette("how_to_edit_osm", package = "osmapiR")
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