feat: drop_index() remote implementation (#2093)

Support drop_index operation in remote table.

node/src/index.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ const {
   tableSchema,
   tableAddColumns,
   tableAlterColumns,
-  tableDropColumns
+  tableDropColumns,
+  tableDropIndex
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 } = require("../native.js");
 
@@ -604,6 +605,13 @@ export interface Table<T = number[]> {
    */
   dropColumns(columnNames: string[]): Promise<void>
 
+  /**
+   * Drop an index from the table
+   *
+   * @param indexName The name of the index to drop
+   */
+  dropIndex(indexName: string): Promise<void>
+
   /**
    * Instrument the behavior of this Table with middleware.
    *
@@ -1206,6 +1214,10 @@ export class LocalTable<T = number[]> implements Table<T> {
     return tableDropColumns.call(this._tbl, columnNames);
   }
 
+  async dropIndex(indexName: string): Promise<void> {
+    return tableDropIndex.call(this._tbl, indexName);
+  }
+
   withMiddleware(middleware: HttpMiddleware): Table<T> {
     return this;
   }

node/src/remote/index.ts

@@ -471,6 +471,18 @@ export class RemoteTable<T = number[]> implements Table<T> {
       )
     }
   }
+  async dropIndex (index_name: string): Promise<void> {
+    const res = await this._client.post(
+        `/v1/table/${encodeURIComponent(this._name)}/index/${encodeURIComponent(index_name)}/drop/`
+    )
+    if (res.status !== 200) {
+      throw new Error(
+          `Server Error, status: ${res.status}, ` +
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+          `message: ${res.statusText}: ${await res.body()}`
+      )
+    }
+  }
 
   async countRows (filter?: string): Promise<number> {
     const result = await this._client.post(`/v1/table/${encodeURIComponent(this._name)}/count_rows/`, {

node/src/test/test.ts

@@ -894,6 +894,27 @@ describe("LanceDB client", function () {
       expect(stats.distanceType).to.equal("l2");
       expect(stats.numIndices).to.equal(1);
     }).timeout(50_000);
+
+    // not yet implemented
+    // it("can drop index", async function () {
+    //   const uri = await createTestDB(32, 300);
+    //   const con = await lancedb.connect(uri);
+    //   const table = await con.openTable("vectors");
+    //   await table.createIndex({
+    //     type: "ivf_pq",
+    //     column: "vector",
+    //     num_partitions: 2,
+    //     max_iters: 2,
+    //     num_sub_vectors: 2
+    //   });
+    //
+    //   const indices = await table.listIndices();
+    //   expect(indices).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+    //   expect(indices[0].name).to.equal("vector_idx");
+    //
+    //   await table.dropIndex("vector_idx");
+    //   expect(await table.listIndices()).to.have.lengthOf(0);
+    // }).timeout(50_000);
   });
 
   describe("when using a custom embedding function", function () {