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Deleting a Branch

Function

This API is used to delete a branch.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

codeartsrepo:repository:deleteBranch

Write

-

-

-

-

URI

DELETE https://{hostURL}/v4/repositories/{repository_id}/repository/branch

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

repository_id

Yes

Integer

Definition

You can query the project list to obtain the repository ID by calling the API used to query user's all repositories.

Constraints

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Value range:

1~2147483647
Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

branch_name

Yes

String

Definition

Branch name.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1–2,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. Obtain one by calling the IAM API Obtaining a User Token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is a token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1–100,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

status

String

Definition:

Status code

  • success: The API request is successful.

  • fail: The API request failed.

Enumeration values:

  • success

  • fail

Status code: 401

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Example Requests

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v4/repositories/10000/repository/branch?branch_name=1234

Example Responses

Status code: 204

OK

{
  "status" : "success"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "DEV.00000003",
  "error_msg" : "Authentication information expired."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

OK

401

Unauthorized

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Refs