How to delete all objects from a folder/directory in open stack swift using rest api?

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I want to delete all files and folders using folder or container path without listing all files in it. Is it possible?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '20 at 20:09

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Note that with more recent versions of openstack, there is a --recursive option available if you're deleting any entire container:

openstack container delete --recursive mycontainer

answered Apr 01 '20 at 20:09

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Thanks! Is it possible from API? – Andrej Apr 13 '20 at 20:46
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The CLI tools interact with Swift using the API, so it must be. If you run the above command with `--debug` enabled, you can see the API calls the tool is making. – larsks Apr 14 '20 at 13:26

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '17 at 14:49

You use the following 2 steps method based on swift package (https://launchpad.net/swift) - Successfully tested on debian jessie

In a terminal, once swift tool configurated, type :

# swift list | grep > yourobjectname.lst

# cat yourobjectname.lst | xargs swift delete {}

Regards

Chen Xie · Answer 3 · 2016-05-02T21:52:05.750

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No it's not possible with the OpenStack API that comes out-of-the-box. You need to explicity list the objects/containers and delete them using the bulk operation

edited May 02 '16 at 21:52

answered May 02 '16 at 21:46

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 14 '18 at 12:19

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you can use the following command as said in this QA:

for i in $(swift list); do swift delete $i; done

Note that you need to have your environment variables for the user and project and domain set before running this command. e.g. admin-rc.sh

answered Jun 14 '18 at 12:19

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How to delete all objects from a folder/directory in open stack swift using rest api?

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