Deleting index in elasticsearch - python-3.x

Question

I want to delete an entire index of elastic search which i had created using the following code in python notebook.
es.index(index='para', doc_type='people', id=1, body={
"name":"Farid ullah",
"height":"160",
"age":"23",
"gender":"male",
"date of birth":"04/02/1994",
"Qualification":"BS in Software engineering"
})
the delete command is as follows,
es.delete(index='para', doc_type='people'),
but I get the following error
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-7-26c24345ae23> in <module>()
----> 1 es.delete(index='para', doc_type='people')
C:\Users\Farid ullah\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\elasticsearch\client\utils.py in _wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
71 if p in kwargs:
72 params[p] = kwargs.pop(p)
---> 73 return func(*args, params=params, **kwargs)
74 return _wrapped
75 return _wrapper
TypeError: delete() missing 1 required positional argument: 'id'
Can I not be able to delete entire index?
Is there any way to delete it without specifying the id of a particular one?

Answer 1

In your case, 'people' is not an index, it's a type. The index name is 'para'.
I don't know the python API, but your should try something like :
es.delete(index='para')
In this doc :
http://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io/en/master/api.html
It is suggested to use something like :
es.indices.delete(index='para')