DeleteContainer
Deletes the specified container. Before you make a DeleteContainer
request, delete any objects in the container or in any folders in the container. You can
delete only empty containers.
Request Syntax
{
"ContainerName": "string
"
}
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- ContainerName
-
The name of the container to delete.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.
Pattern:
[\w-]+
Required: Yes
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ContainerInUseException
-
The container that you specified in the request already exists or is being updated.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ContainerNotFoundException
-
The container that you specified in the request does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InternalServerError
-
The service is temporarily unavailable.
HTTP Status Code: 500
Examples
Example Request
The following command has no return value:
POST / HTTP/1.1 content-type:application/x-amz-json-1.1 host:mediastore.us-west-2.amazonaws.com x-amz-date:20170620T230417Z x-amz-target:ElementalMediaStoreService_20160711.DeleteContainer { "ContainerName":"movies" }
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: