Deletes data blobs and associated metadata. Deletions are permanent if versioning is not enabled for the bucket, or if the
generation
parameter is used.
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The invoking user must have either
FULL_CONTROL
of the object or
WRITE
permission on the
bucket
.
Request
HTTP request
DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1beta2/b/bucket/o/object
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Path parameters | ||
bucket
|
string
|
Name of the bucket in which the object resides. |
object
|
string
|
Name of the object. |
| Optional query parameters | ||
generation
|
unsigned long
|
If present, permanently deletes a specific revision of this object (as opposed to the latest version, the default). |
ifGenerationMatch
|
unsigned long
|
Makes the operation conditional on whether the object's current generation matches the given value. |
ifGenerationNotMatch
|
unsigned long
|
Makes the operation conditional on whether the object's current generation does not match the given value. |
ifMetagenerationMatch
|
unsigned long
|
Makes the operation conditional on whether the object's current metageneration matches the given value. |
ifMetagenerationNotMatch
|
unsigned long
|
Makes the operation conditional on whether the object's current metageneration does not match the given value. |
Request body
Do not supply a request body with this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns an empty response body.
Examples
Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).
Java
Uses the Java client library .
storage.objects().delete("mybucket", "myobject").execute();
Python
Uses the Python client library .
client.objects().delete(
bucket=bucket_name,
object=object_name).execute()
Ruby
Uses the Ruby client library .
# Delete object from bucket
object_delete_result = client.execute(
api_method: storage.objects.delete,
parameters: {bucket: BUCKET, object: OBJECT}
)
if object_delete_result.response.status == 204
puts "Successfully deleted #{OBJECT}.\n"
else
puts "Failed to delete #{OBJECT}.\n"
end
Go
Uses the Go client library .
// Delete an object from a bucket.
bucketName := "BUCKET_NAME"
objectName := "OBJECT_NAME"
if err = service.Objects.Delete(bucketName, objectName).Do(); err == nil {
fmt.Printf("Successfully deleted %s/%s.\n\n", bucketName, objectName)
} else {
fmt.Printf("Objects.Delete errors: %v\n\n", err)
}
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