Deleting Objects

Functions

This operation can be used to batch delete some objects in a bucket. The deletion cannot be undone. After the operation is implemented, the returned information contains the implementation result of each object in the specified bucket. OBS deletes the objects synchronously. The deletion result of each object is returned to the request user.

Objects in batches can be deleted in verbose or quiet mode. With verbose mode, OBS returns results of successful and failed deletion in an XML response; with quiet mode, OBS only returns results of failed deletion in an XML response. OBS uses the verbose mode by default and you can specify the quiet mode in the request body.

For batch deletion, the request header must contain Content-MD5 and Content-Length, so that the message body can be identified if network transmission error is detected at the server side.

Request Syntax

POST /?delete HTTP/1.1
Host: bucketname.obs.region.example.com
Date: date
Authorization: authorization
Content-MD5: MD5
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Delete>
    <Quiet>true</Quiet>
    <Object>
        <Key>Key</Key>
        <VersionId>VersionId</VersionId>
    </Object>
    <Object>
        <Key>Key</Key>
    </Object>
</Delete>

Request Parameters

This request involves no parameters.

Request Headers

This request uses common headers. For details, see Table 3.

Request Elements

This request uses elements to specify the list of objects to be deleted in a batch. Table 1 describes the elements.

Table 1 Request elements

Element

Description

Mandatory

Quiet

Specifies the quiet mode. With the quiet mode, OBS only returns the list of objects that failed to be deleted. This element is valid when set to true. Otherwise, OBS ignores it.

Type: boolean

No

Delete

List of objects to be deleted

Type: XML

Yes

Object

Names of objects to be deleted

Type: XML

Yes

Key

Key of the object to be deleted.

Type: string

Yes

VersionId

Version ID of the object to be deleted

Type: string

No

A maximum of 1,000 objects can be deleted at a time. If you send a request for deleting more than 1,000 objects, OBS returns an error message.

After concurrent tasks are assigned, OBS may encounter an internal error during cyclic deletion of multiple objects. In that case, the metadata still exists when the object index data is deleted, which means data inconsistency.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 status_code
Date: date
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<DeleteResult xmlns="http://obs.region.example.com/doc/2015-06-30/">
<Deleted>
    <Key>Key</Key>
</Deleted>
<Error>
    <Key>Key</Key>
    <Code>ErrorCode</Code>
    <Message>Message</Message>
</Error>
</DeleteResult>

Response Headers

The response to the request uses common headers. For details, see Table 1.

Response Elements

This response uses elements to return results of deleted objects in a batch. Table 2 describes the elements.

Table 2 Response elements

Element

Description

DeleteResult

Root node of batch deletion responses

Type: container

Deleted

Container for results of successful deletion

Type: container

Error

Container for results of failed deletion

Type: container

Key

Object names in a deletion result

Type: string

Code

Error code of a deletion failure

Type: string

Message

Error message of a deletion failure

Type: string

VersionId

Version IDs of objects to be deleted

Type: string

DeleteMarker

If this element is specified, true will be returned when you create or delete a delete marker in a bucket with versioning enabled.

Type: boolean

DeleteMarkerVersionId

Indicates the version ID of the delete marker deleted or created by the request.

If you create or delete a delete marker in a bucket with versioning enabled, OBS returns this element in the response. This element will be returned in either of the following cases:

  • You send a request that has only the object name but not the version ID specified. In this case, OBS creates a delete marker and returns its version ID in the response.

  • You send a request that has both the object key and version ID (that identifies a delete marker) specified. In this case, OBS deletes the delete marker and returns its version ID in the response.

Type: boolean

Error Responses

  1. If the resolution result of an XML request contains more than 1000 objects, OBS returns 400 Bad Request.

  2. If the object key in an XML request is invalid (for example, containing more than 1024 characters), OBS returns 400 Bad Request.

  3. If the request header does not contain Content-MD5, OBS returns 400 Bad Request.

Other errors are included in Table 2.

Sample Request

POST /test333?delete HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.29.0
Host: 127.0.0.1
Accept: */*
Date: WED, 01 Jul 2015 04:34:21 GMT
Authorization: OBS H4IPJX0TQTHTHEBQQCEC:8sjZWJlWmYmYnK5JqXaFFQ+vHEg=
Content-MD5: ZPzz8L+hdRJ6qCqYbU/pCw==
Content-Length: 188

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Delete>
  <Quiet>true</Quiet>
  <Object>
    <Key>obja02</Key>
  </Object>
  <Object>
    <Key>obja02</Key>
  </Object>
</Delete>

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: OBS
x-obs-request-id: 8DF400000163D3FE4CE80340D30B0542
x-obs-id-2: 32AAAQAAEAABAAAQAAEAABAAAQAAEAABCRhY0FBWRm6qjOE1ACBZwS+0KYlPBq0f
Content-Type: application/xml
Date: WED, 01 Jul 2015 04:34:21 GMT
Content-Length: 120

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<DeleteResult xmlns="http://obs.example.com/doc/2015-06-30/"/>