Updated on 2024-02-02 GMT+08:00

Deleting Objects

If you have any questions during the development, post them on the Issues page of GitHub. For details about parameters and usage of each API, see the API Reference.

Exercise caution when performing this operation. If the versioning function is disabled for the bucket where the object is located, the object cannot be restored after being deleted.

Deleting a Single Object

You can call ObsClient.DeleteObject to delete a single object. Sample code is as follows:

// Initialize configuration parameters.
ObsConfig config = new ObsConfig();
config.Endpoint = "https://your-endpoint";
// Hard-coded or plaintext AK/SK are risky. For security purposes, encrypt your AK/SK and store them in the configuration file or environment variables. In this example, the AK/SK are stored in environment variables for identity authentication. Before running this example, configure environment variables AccessKeyID and SecretAccessKey.
// Obtain an AK/SK pair on the management console. For details, see https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ca/ca_01_0003.html.
string accessKey= Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AccessKeyID", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
string secretKey= Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SecretAccessKey", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
// Create an instance of ObsClient.
ObsClient client = new ObsClient(accessKey, secretKey, config);
// Delete an object.
try
{
    DeleteObjectRequest request = new DeleteObjectRequest()
    {
        BucketName = "bucketname",
        ObjectKey = "objectname",
    };
    DeleteObjectResponse response = client.DeleteObject(request);
    Console.WriteLine("Delete object response: {0}", response.StatusCode);
}
catch (ObsException ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("ErrorCode: {0}", ex.ErrorCode);
    Console.WriteLine("ErrorMessage: {0}", ex.ErrorMessage);
} 

Batch Deleting Objects

You can call ObsClient.DeleteObjects to delete objects in a batch.

A maximum of 1000 objects can be deleted each time. Two response modes are supported: verbose (detailed) and quiet (brief).

  • In verbose mode (default mode), the returned response includes the deletion result of each requested object.
  • In quiet mode, the returned response includes only results of objects failed to be deleted.

Sample code:

// Initialize configuration parameters.
ObsConfig config = new ObsConfig();
config.Endpoint = "https://your-endpoint";
// Hard-coded or plaintext AK/SK are risky. For security purposes, encrypt your AK/SK and store them in the configuration file or environment variables. In this example, the AK/SK are stored in environment variables for identity authentication. Before running this example, configure environment variables AccessKeyID and SecretAccessKey.
// Obtain an AK/SK pair on the management console. For details, see https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-ca/ca_01_0003.html.
string accessKey= Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AccessKeyID", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
string secretKey= Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SecretAccessKey", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
// Create an instance of ObsClient.
ObsClient client = new ObsClient(accessKey, secretKey, config);
// Delete objects in a batch.
try
{
    DeleteObjectsRequest request = new DeleteObjectsRequest();
    request.BucketName = "bucketname";
    request.Quiet = true;
    request.AddKey("objectname1");
    request.AddKey("objectname2");
    DeleteObjectsResponse response = client.DeleteObjects(request);
    Console.WriteLine("Delete objects response: {0}", response.StatusCode);
}
catch (ObsException ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("ErrorCode: {0}", ex.ErrorCode);
    Console.WriteLine("ErrorMessage: {0}", ex.ErrorMessage);
}