Updated on 2025-10-16 GMT+08:00

Deleting Secrets in Batches

Function

This API is used to delete secrets in batches immediately. The 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

Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

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.

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instance_id

No

String

ID of the Huawei Cloud service instance associated with the secret, for example, the RDS instance ID. The request will delete all secrets associated with the instance ID in batches. This operation cannot be undone.

instance_type

No

String

Type of the Huawei Cloud service, which can be RDS, TaurusDB, GaussDB, or APIG.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

total

Integer

Number of secrets that meet the request parameter conditions.

success_secrets

Array of strings

Secrets that meet the request parameter conditions and are deleted.

failed_secrets

Array of FailedDeletedSecrets objects

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

Table 5 FailedDeletedSecrets

Parameter

Type

Description

secret_name

String

Secret name.

error_msg

String

Cause of the secret deletion failure.

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes

error_msg

String

Error description

Status code: 401

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes

error_msg

String

Error description

Status code: 403

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes

error_msg

String

Error description

Status code: 404

Table 9 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes

error_msg

String

Error description

Status code: 500

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes

error_msg

String

Error description

Status code: 502

Table 11 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes

error_msg

String

Error description

Status code: 504

Table 12 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes

error_msg

String

Error description

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.

400

Invalid request parameter.

401

Username and password are required for the requested page.

403

Authentication failed.

404

The resource does not exist.

500

Internal server error.

502

Failed to complete the request. The server has received an invalid response.

504

Gateway timed out.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.