Updated on 2026-06-09 GMT+08:00

Deleting Secrets in Batches

Function

This API is used to delete secrets in batches immediately. This operation cannot be undone.

Constraints

Secrets deleted in batches via this API cannot be restored.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

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, no identity policy-based permission required for calling this API.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/secrets/batch-delete

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value returned by the IAM API is used, which contains 32 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token. This parameter is optional if AK/SK authentication is used.

Constraints

N/A

Range

Obtain the value by calling the IAM API for obtaining the user token.

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instance_id

No

String

Definition

ID of the cloud service instance associated with the secret, for example, the RDS instance ID. This request deletes all secrets associated with the instance ID in batches. This operation cannot be undone.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

instance_type

No

String

Definition

Cloud service type, which can be RDS, TaurusDB, GaussDB, or APIG.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

total

Integer

Definition

Number of secrets that meet the request parameter conditions.

Range

N/A

success_secrets

Array of strings

Definition

Secrets that meet the request parameter conditions and are deleted.

Range

N/A

failed_secrets

Array of FailedDeletedSecrets objects

Definition

Secrets that meet the request parameter conditions but fail to be deleted, and the failure cause.

Range

N/A

Table 5 FailedDeletedSecrets

Parameter

Type

Description

secret_name

String

Definition

Secret name

Range

N/A

error_msg

String

Definition

Reason for secret deletion failure

Range

N/A

Example Requests

None

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "total" : 3,
  "success_secrets" : [ "secretName1", "secretName2" ],
  "failed_secrets" : [ {
    "secret_name" : "secretName3",
    "error_msg" : "CSMS.0107: Secret is already in the **Pending deletion** state."
  } ]
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.