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RiakCS DELETE Bucket

    The DELETE Bucket operation deletes the bucket specified in the URI.

    Note
    All objects in the bucket must be deleted before you can delete the bucket.

    Requests

    Request Syntax

    DELETE / HTTP/1.1
Host: bucketname.data.basho.com
Date: date
Authorization: signature_value

    Responses

    DELETE Bucket uses only common response headers and doesn't return any response elements.

    Examples

    Sample Request

    The DELETE Bucket operation deletes the bucket name “projects”.

    DELETE / HTTP/1.1
Host: projects.data.basho.com
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:47:15 +0000
Authorization: AWS QMUG3D7KP5OQZRDSQWB6:4Pb+A0YT4FhZYeqMdDhYls9f9AM=

    Sample Response

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:47:15 +0000
Connection: close
Server: MochiWeb/1.1 WebMachine/1.9.0 (someone had painted it blue)