[[rest-api-automatically-indexed-nodes-cannot-be-removed-from-the-index-manually]]
=== Automatically indexed nodes cannot be removed from the index manually ===

It is not allowed to remove entries manually from automatic indexes.


.Final Graph
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  N332 [
    label = "{Node\[332\]|name = \'I\'\l}"
  ]
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_Example request_

* *+DELETE+*  +http://localhost:7474/db/data/index/node/node_auto_index/332+
* *+Accept:+* +application/json+

_Example response_

* *+405:+* +null+
* *+Content-Type:+* +application/json+
[source,javascript]
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{
  "message" : "read only index",
  "exception" : "java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: read only index",
  "stacktrace" : [ "org.neo4j.kernel.AbstractAutoIndexerImpl$ReadOnlyIndexToIndexAdapter.readOnlyIndex(AbstractAutoIndexerImpl.java:253)", "org.neo4j.kernel.AbstractAutoIndexerImpl$ReadOnlyIndexToIndexAdapter.remove(AbstractAutoIndexerImpl.java:283)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.removeFromNodeIndexNoKeyValue(DatabaseActions.java:855)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.RestfulGraphDatabase.deleteFromNodeIndexNoKeyValue(RestfulGraphDatabase.java:1123)", "sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)", "sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)", "sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)", "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.JavaMethodInvokerFactory$1.invoke(JavaMethodInvokerFactory.java:60)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider$ResponseOutInvoker._dispatch(AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider.java:205)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:288)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1469)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1400)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1349)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1339)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:416)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:537)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:699)", "javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)", "org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:926)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:549)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:212)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)", "org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:410)", "org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)" ]
}
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