Delete objects using OSS SDK for Go 1.0 - Object Storage Service

Delete a single object, multiple objects by name, objects matching a prefix, or an entire directory.

Warning

Deleted objects cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.

Usage notes

In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS from other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about OSS regions and endpoints, see Regions and Endpoints.
In this topic, access credentials are obtained from environment variables. For more information about how to configure access credentials, see Configure access credentials.
This topic demonstrates creating an OSSClient instance with an OSS endpoint. For alternative configurations, such as using a custom domain or authenticating with credentials from Security Token Service (STS), see Configure a client (Go SDK V1).
To delete an object, you must have the oss:DeleteObject permission. For more information, see Grant a custom policy.

Delete a single object

The following code deletes an object named exampleobject.txt from a bucket named examplebucket:

package main

import (
	"log"

	"github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-go-sdk/oss"
)

func main() {
	// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
	provider, err := oss.NewEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create credentials provider: %v", err)
	}

	// Create an OSSClient instance. 
	// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
	// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou. Specify the actual region.
	clientOptions := []oss.ClientOption{oss.SetCredentialsProvider(&provider)}
	clientOptions = append(clientOptions, oss.Region("yourRegion"))
	// Specify the version of the signature algorithm.
	clientOptions = append(clientOptions, oss.AuthVersion(oss.AuthV4))
	client, err := oss.New("yourEndpoint", "", "", clientOptions...)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create OSS client: %v", err)
	}

	// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
	bucketName := "examplebucket"
	// Set objectName to the full path of the object that you want to delete. The full path must contain the extension of the object name but cannot contain the bucket name. Example: exampledir/exampleobject.txt. 
	// If you want to delete a directory, set objectName to the directory name. If the directory contains objects, you must delete all objects from the directory before you can delete the directory. 
	objectName := "exampledir/exampleobject.txt"

	// Create a bucket.
	bucket, err := client.Bucket(bucketName)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to get bucket '%s': %v", bucketName, err)
	}

	// Delete the object. 
	err = bucket.DeleteObject(objectName)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to delete object '%s': %v", objectName, err)
	}

	log.Printf("Successfully deleted object: %s\n", objectName)
}

Delete multiple objects

You can delete up to 1,000 objects at a time by name, by prefix, or by directory.

You can also configure lifecycle rules to automatically delete objects. For more information, see Lifecycle rules based on last modification time.

Delete objects by name

Sample code for deleting multiple objects by name:

package main

import (
	"log"

	"github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-go-sdk/oss"
)

func main() {
	// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
	provider, err := oss.NewEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create credentials provider: %v", err)
	}

	// Create an OSSClient instance. 
	// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
	// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou. Specify the actual region.
	clientOptions := []oss.ClientOption{oss.SetCredentialsProvider(&provider)}
	clientOptions = append(clientOptions, oss.Region("yourRegion"))
	// Specify the version of the signature algorithm.
	clientOptions = append(clientOptions, oss.AuthVersion(oss.AuthV4))
	client, err := oss.New("yourEndpoint", "", "", clientOptions...)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create OSS client: %v", err)
	}

	// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
	bucketName := "examplebucket"

	// Create a bucket.
	bucket, err := client.Bucket(bucketName)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to get bucket '%s': %v", bucketName, err)
	}

	// Delete multiple objects and the result is returned.
	objectsToDelete := []string{"my-object-1", "my-object-2"}
	delRes, err := bucket.DeleteObjects(objectsToDelete)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to delete objects: %v", err)
	}
	log.Printf("Deleted Objects: %v\n", delRes.DeletedObjects)

	// Delete multiple objects and the result is not returned.
	objectsToDeleteQuiet := []string{"my-object-3", "my-object-4"}
	_, err = bucket.DeleteObjects(objectsToDeleteQuiet, oss.DeleteObjectsQuiet(true))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to delete objects (quiet): %v", err)
	}
	log.Println("Objects deleted quietly")
}

Delete objects by prefix or directory

Sample code for deleting objects by name prefix or deleting an entire directory and its contents.

Warning

If the prefix is not specified or is set to NULL, all objects in the bucket are deleted. Exercise caution when you specify a prefix in a delete operation.

package main

import (
	"log"

	"github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-go-sdk/oss"
)

func main() {
	// Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. 
	provider, err := oss.NewEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create credentials provider: %v", err)
	}

	// Create an OSSClient instance. 
	// Specify the endpoint of the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. Specify your actual endpoint. 
	// Specify the region in which the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is located in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the region to cn-hangzhou. Specify the actual region.
	clientOptions := []oss.ClientOption{oss.SetCredentialsProvider(&provider)}
	clientOptions = append(clientOptions, oss.Region("yourRegion"))
	// Specify the version of the signature algorithm.
	clientOptions = append(clientOptions, oss.AuthVersion(oss.AuthV4))
	client, err := oss.New("yourEndpoint", "", "", clientOptions...)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to create OSS client: %v", err)
	}

	// Specify the name of the bucket. Example: examplebucket. 
	bucket, err := client.Bucket("examplebucket")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to get bucket: %v", err)
	}

	// List all objects whose names contain the specified prefix and delete the objects. 
	marker := oss.Marker("")
	// Specify the prefix of the names of the objects that you want to delete. If you want to delete all objects whose names contain the src prefix, set the prefix to src. After you set the prefix to src, all non-directory objects whose names contain the src prefix, the src directory, and all objects in the src directory are deleted.
	prefix := oss.Prefix("src")
	// If you want to delete only the src directory and all objects in the directory, set the prefix to src/. 
	// prefix := oss.Prefix("src/")
	var totalDeleted int

	for {
		lor, err := bucket.ListObjects(marker, prefix)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("Failed to list objects: %v", err)
		}

		objects := make([]string, len(lor.Objects))
		for i, object := range lor.Objects {
			objects[i] = object.Key
		}

		// Delete the objects.
		delRes, err := bucket.DeleteObjects(objects, oss.DeleteObjectsQuiet(true))
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("Failed to delete objects: %v", err)
		}

		if len(delRes.DeletedObjects) > 0 {
			log.Fatalf("Some objects failed to delete: %v", delRes.DeletedObjects)
		}

		totalDeleted += len(objects)

		// Update the marker.
		marker = oss.Marker(lor.NextMarker)
		if !lor.IsTruncated {
			break
		}
	}

	log.Printf("Success, total deleted object count: %d\n", totalDeleted)
}

References

Complete sample code for deleting objects: GitHub.
For more information about the API operation that you can call to delete an object, see DeleteObject.
API reference for deleting multiple objects: DeleteObjects.