Storage Control Delete Folder

How to delete a folder in an HNS bucket.

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Code sample

C++

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C++ API reference documentation.

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namespace storagecontrol = google::cloud::storagecontrol_v2;
[](storagecontrol::StorageControlClient client,
   std::string const& bucket_name, std::string const& folder_id) {
  auto const name = std::string{"projects/_/buckets/"} + bucket_name +
                    "/folders/" + folder_id;
  auto status = client.DeleteFolder(name);
  if (!status.ok()) throw std::move(status);

  std::cout << "Deleted folder: " << folder_id << "\n";
}

C#

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using Google.Cloud.Storage.Control.V2;
using System;

public class StorageControlDeleteFolderSample
{
    public void StorageControlDeleteFolder(string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string folderName = "your_folder_name")
    {
        StorageControlClient storageControl = StorageControlClient.Create();

        string folderResourceName =
            // Set project to "_" to signify globally scoped bucket
            FolderName.FormatProjectBucketFolder("_", bucketName, folderName);

        storageControl.DeleteFolder(folderResourceName);

        Console.WriteLine($"Deleted folder {folderName} from bucket {bucketName}");
    }
}

Go

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	control "cloud.google.com/go/storage/control/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/storage/control/apiv2/controlpb"
)

// deleteFolder deletes the folder with the given name.
func deleteFolder(w io.Writer, bucket, folder string) error {
	// bucket := "bucket-name"
	// folder := "folder-name"

	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := control.NewStorageControlClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewStorageControlClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*30)
	defer cancel()

	// Construct folder path including the bucket name.
	folderPath := fmt.Sprintf("projects/_/buckets/%v/folders/%v", bucket, folder)

	req := &controlpb.DeleteFolderRequest{
		Name: folderPath,
	}
	if err := client.DeleteFolder(ctx, req); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("DeleteFolder(%q): %w", folderPath, err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "deleted folder %q", folderPath)
	return nil
}

Java

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.


import com.google.storage.control.v2.DeleteFolderRequest;
import com.google.storage.control.v2.FolderName;
import com.google.storage.control.v2.StorageControlClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public final class DeleteFolder {

  public static void deleteFolder(String bucketName, String folderName) throws IOException {
    // The name of the bucket
    // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name";

    // The name of the folder within the bucket
    // String folderName = "your-unique-folder-name";

    try (StorageControlClient storageControl = StorageControlClient.create()) {

      // Set project to "_" to signify globally scoped bucket
      String folderResourceName = FolderName.format("_", bucketName, folderName);
      DeleteFolderRequest request =
          DeleteFolderRequest.newBuilder().setName(folderResourceName).build();

      storageControl.deleteFolder(request);

      System.out.printf("Deleted folder: %s%n", folderResourceName);
    }
  }
}

Node.js

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Node.js API reference documentation.

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/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */

// The name of your GCS bucket
// const bucketName = 'bucketName';

// The name of the folder to be deleted
// const folderName = 'folderName';

// Imports the Control library
const {StorageControlClient} = require('@google-cloud/storage-control').v2;

// Instantiates a client
const controlClient = new StorageControlClient();

async function callDeleteFolder() {
  const folderPath = controlClient.folderPath('_', bucketName, folderName);

  // Create the request
  const request = {
    name: folderPath,
  };

  // Run request
  await controlClient.deleteFolder(request);
  console.log(`Deleted folder: ${folderName}.`);
}

callDeleteFolder();

PHP

For more information, see the Cloud Storage PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\Client\StorageControlClient;
use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\DeleteFolderRequest;

/**
 * Delete a folder in an existing bucket.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 * @param string $folderName The name of your folder inside the bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-folder')
 */
function delete_folder(string $bucketName, string $folderName): void
{
    $storageControlClient = new StorageControlClient();

    // Set project to "_" to signify global bucket
    $formattedName = $storageControlClient->folderName('_', $bucketName, $folderName);

    $request = new DeleteFolderRequest([
        'name' => $formattedName,
    ]);

    $storageControlClient->deleteFolder($request);

    printf('Deleted folder: %s', $folderName);
}

Python

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

from google.cloud import storage_control_v2


def delete_folder(bucket_name: str, folder_name: str) -> None:
    # The ID of your GCS bucket
    # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

    # The name of the folder to be deleted
    # folder_name = "folder-name"

    storage_control_client = storage_control_v2.StorageControlClient()
    # The storage bucket path uses the global access pattern, in which the "_"
    # denotes this bucket exists in the global namespace.
    folder_path = storage_control_client.folder_path(
        project="_", bucket=bucket_name, folder=folder_name
    )

    request = storage_control_v2.DeleteFolderRequest(
        name=folder_path,
    )
    storage_control_client.delete_folder(request=request)

    print(f"Deleted folder {folder_name}")

Ruby

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

def delete_folder bucket_name:, folder_name:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"
  #
  # Name of the folder you want to delete
  # folder_name = "name-of-the-folder"

  require "google/cloud/storage/control"

  storage_control = Google::Cloud::Storage::Control.storage_control

  # The storage folder path uses the global access pattern, in which the "_"
  # denotes this bucket exists in the global namespace.
  folder_path = storage_control.folder_path project: "_", bucket: bucket_name, folder: folder_name

  request = Google::Cloud::Storage::Control::V2::DeleteFolderRequest.new name: folder_path

  storage_control.delete_folder request

  puts "Deleted folder: #{folder_name}"
end

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