DeleteBucket

Deletes the S3 bucket

All objects (including all object versions and delete markers) in the bucket must be deleted before the bucket itself can be deleted.

Request Syntax

DELETE / HTTP/1.1
Host: Bucket.s3.petabox.io
x-amz-expected-bucket-owner: ExpectedBucketOwner

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

Bucket

Specifies the bucket being deleted.

Required: Yes

x-amz-expected-bucket-owner

The account ID of the expected bucket owner. If the bucket is owned by a different account, the request fails with the HTTP status code 403 Forbidden (access denied).

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 204

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response with an empty HTTP body.

Examples

Sample Request

This request deletes the bucket named quotes.

DELETE / HTTP/1.1
Host: quotes.s3.<Region>.petabox.io
Date: Wed, 01 Mar  2006 12:00:00 GMT
Authorization: authorization string

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
x-amz-id-2: JuKZqmXuiwFeDQxhD7M8KtsKobSzWA1QEjLbTMTagkKdBX2z7Il/jGhDeJ3j6s80
x-amz-request-id: 32FE2CEB32F5EE25
Date: Wed, 01 Mar  2006 12:00:00 GMT
Connection: close
Server: Petabox