Updated on 2026-06-16 GMT+08:00

Deleting Shards

Function

This API is used to delete shards.

Constraints

  • Cluster instances of Community Edition 4.0 or later support this function.
  • Before deleting shards, read the precautions carefully and fully evaluate the impact.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    dds:instance:deleteShards

    write

    instance

    g:EnterpriseProjectId

    -

    -

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/shards/batch-delete

Table 1 URI parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

project_id

Yes

string

path

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

instance_id

Yes

string

path

Definition

Instance ID, which can be obtained by calling the API described in Querying Instances and Details. If you do not have an instance, call the API described in Creating a DB Instance to create one.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Name

Mandatory

Type

IN

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

string

header

Definition

User token obtained from IAM. For details, see Authentication.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

ids

Yes

Array of strings

Definition

Group ID. You can call the API used for querying instances and details to obtain the value.

Constraints

Only shard groups are supported.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code:202

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Definition

Task ID. This parameter is returned only for pay-per-use DB instances.

Range

N/A

order_id

String

Definition

Order ID. This parameter is returned only for yearly/monthly DB instances.

Range

N/A

Example Request

Deleting shards of a cluster instance whose ID is e73893ef73754465a8bd2e0857bbf13ein02 (with shard group ID of 51ba2ff4d1194e61ad231aa40d90aeb7gr02)

https://{endpoint}/v3/619d3e78f61b4be68bc5aa0b59edcf7b/instances/e73893ef73754465a8bd2e0857bbf13ein02/shards/batch-delete    
{    "ids" : [ "51ba2ff4d1194e61ad231aa40d90aeb7gr02" ]  
}

Example Response

{    
  "job_id" : "f6b99612-2e70-4a1d-82cc-285c06726155" 
}

SDK

Click Document Database Service DDS SDK to download the SDK or view the SDK document. To learn how to install and authenticate an SDK, read the Usage section.

Status Code

For more information, see Status Code.

Error Code

For more information, see Error Code.