1. REST API for Standard Storage in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic
  2. Tasks
  3. Containers

Delete container

delete

/v1/{account}/{container}

Deletes an empty container.

Request

Path Parameters
  • The unique name for the account. An account is also known as the project or tenant.
  • The unique name for the container. The container name must be from 1 to 256 characters long and can start with any character and contain any pattern. Character set must be UTF-8. The container name cannot contain a slash (/) character because this character delimits the container and object name. For example, /account/container/object.
Header Parameters
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Response

Supported Media Types

204 Response

Success. the container existed and the deletion succeeded.
Headers
  • Minimum Value: 0
    Maximum Value: 0
    This value is zero (0).
  • The transaction date and time.

    The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

    CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm
    For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00.

    The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

    A null value indicates that the token never expires.

  • Minimum Value: 0
    The date and time in UNIX Epoch time stamp format when the account, container, or object was initially created as a current version.

    For example, 1440619048 is equivalent to Mon, Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:57:28 GMT.

  • A unique transaction identifier for this request. Your service provider might need this value if you report a problem.

401 Response

Request does not include an authentication token, or authentication token specified in the request is not valid. It may have expired. Authentication tokens expire after 30 minutes.
Headers

403 Response

Forbidden. Possible causes:
  • A data center has not been selected for your service in Oracle Cloud My Services.
  • The request was sent to an incorrect data center. For example, the data center for your service is Chicago (us2), but the request was sent to the URL corresponding to the Ashburn (us6) data center.
  • You don't have the required permission to perform the operation on the specified container. For example, there may be a change in the roles assigned to your user or the access privileges defined for the container specified in the request.
  • Violating a container or object level WORM policy by trying to PUT, POST, or DELETE an object that has not expired or trying to update an existing container level WORM policy.
Headers

404 Response

The container does not exist or has just been created and hasn't been replicated across all three nodes.
Headers

409 Response

The container exists but is not empty.
Headers
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Examples

cURL Command

Sample Cloud account with the following details:

  • Account name: acme

  • REST Endpoint URL: https://acme.storage.oraclecloud.com/v1/Storage-acme

  • REST Endpoint (Permanent) URL: https://storage-7b16fede61e1417ab83eb52e06f0e365.storage.oraclecloud.com/v1/Storage-7b16fede61e1417ab83eb52e06f0e365

Note:

The REST Endpoint (Permanent) URL is displayed for the accounts created after November 2017.

The following example shows how to delete a container in your account in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic by submitting a DELETE request on the REST resource using cURL. For more information about cURL, see Use cURL.

  • Using the REST Endpoint URL obtained from the REST Endpoint field in the My Services dashboard: 

    curl -v -X DELETE \
     -H "X-Auth-Token: AUTH_tkb4fdf39c92e9f62cca9b7c196f8b6e6b" \
     https://acme.storage.oraclecloud.com/v1/Storage-acme/FirstContainer

    The following is a sample response of this command:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Content-Length: 0
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:43:38 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
X-Trans-Id: tx23a1084b8c674fdeae8d4-0054f982ac

  • Using the Service Permanent REST Endpoint URL obtained from the REST Endpoint (Permanent) field in the My Services dashboard:

    Note:

    This cURL command example applies to the accounts created after November 2017. 
    curl -v -X DELETE \
     -H "X-Auth-Token: AUTH_tkb4fdf39c92e9f62cca9b7c196f8b6e6b" \
     https://storage-7b16fede61e1417ab83eb52e06f0e365.storage.oraclecloud.com/v1/Storage-7b16fede61e1417ab83eb52e06f0e365/FirstContainer

    The following is a sample response of this command:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Content-Length: 0
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:43:38 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
X-Trans-Id: tx23a1084b8c674fdeae8d4-0054f982ac
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