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Batch Deleting Instances

Function

This API is used to delete instances in batches. Data in the instances will be deleted without any backup. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/instances/action

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain it, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instances

No

Array of strings

List of instance IDs.

action

Yes

String

Operation to be performed on instances. Value: delete.

all_failure

No

String

When set to reliability, this parameter indicates that all RocketMQ instances that fail to be created will be deleted.

force_delete

No

Boolean

Definition

Whether to forcibly delete.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • true: Yes, forcibly deleted instances are not moved to the recycle bin.

  • false: No, instances will be moved to the recycle bin after the recycle bin function is enabled.

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

results

Array of results objects

Result of instance modification.
Table 4 results

Parameter

Type

Description

result

String

Operation result.

instance

String

Instance ID.

Status code: 204

RocketMQ instance creation failures deleted.

Example Requests

  • Batch deleting RocketMQ instances

    POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/action

{
  "action" : "delete",
  "instances" : [ "54602a9d-5e22-4239-9123-77e350df4a34", "7166cdea-dbad-4d79-9610-7163e6f8b640" ]
}

  • Deleting all RocketMQ instances that fail to be created

    POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/action

{
  "action" : "delete",
  "all_failure" : "reliability"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Instances deleted.

{
  "results" : [ {
    "result" : "success",
    "instance" : "019cacb7-4ff0-4d3c-9f33-f5f7b7fdc0e6"
  } ]
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Instances deleted.

204

RocketMQ instance creation failures deleted.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Lifecycle Management