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Deleting a Bucket

API Description

You can use this API to delete a bucket. The bucket to be deleted must be empty (containing no objects, noncurrent object versions, or part fragments). Bucket deletion is a non-idempotence operation and will fail if the to-be-deleted bucket does not exist.

Method Definition

ObsClient.deleteBucket(bucketName)

Request Parameters

Field

Type

Optional or Mandatory

Description

bucketName

str

Mandatory

Bucket name

Returned Results

Type

Description

GetResult

SDK common result object

Sample Code

try:
    resp = obsClient.deleteBucket('bucketname') 
     
    if resp.status < 300: 
        print('requestId:', resp.requestId) 
    else: 
        print('errorCode:', resp.errorCode) 
        print('errorMessage:', resp.errorMessage)
except:
    import traceback
    print(traceback.format_exc())
Parent topic: Bucket-Related APIs