Android™ Google Cloud Storage: Delete Bucket

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Permanently deletes an empty bucket. The path parameter is the name of the bucket to delete. In this example, we are deleting the bucket "chilkat-test-bucket". Success is indicated by a 204 response status code with an empty response body.

Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/buckets/delete

CURL Command

curl -X DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-test-bucket?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer CLOUD_STORAGE_TOKEN"

Android™ Example

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean success;

    //  URL: https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-test-bucket?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "ConnectFailReason: " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()));
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer CLOUD_STORAGE_TOKEN");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/storage/v1/b/chilkat-test-bucket?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
        Log.i(TAG, sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}