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Deletes an existing subscription. All messages retained in the
subscription are immediately dropped. Calls to Pull after deletion
will return NOT_FOUND. After a subscription is deleted, a new one may
be created with the same name, but the new one has no association with
the old subscription or its topic unless the same topic is specified.
Arguments
Parameters
subscription
string
Required. The subscription to delete. Format is projects/{project}/subscriptions/{sub}.
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
Response
If successful, the response will be empty.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to the API documentation.
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