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Delete Object

DELETE /rest/objects/objectID

Delete the specified object and its associated metadata. Also callable to the namespace interface /rest/namespace/pathname"

URL Format

/rest/objects/objectID

Request Headers

"Content-Length" required
"x-emc-date" required
"x-emc-uid" required
"x-emc-signature" required
"x-emc-utf8" requiredOnly required if metadata values are in Unicode.
"x-emc-wschecksum" requiredRequired if the application must conform to SEC 17a-4f standards.
"x-emc-listable-meta" optionalor "x-emc-meta"
"x-emc-groupacl" optionalor "x-emc-useracl"

Prerequisites

The following conditions must be met in order to call this operation.

  • User must be a Namespace Admin


Request Payload

No Request Payload


Response Body


Examples

Request
DELETE /rest/objects/499ad542a2a8bc200499ad5a7099940499c3e6fbbcc3
HTTP/1.1
accept: */*
date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:59:41 GMT
content-type: application/octet-stream
x-emc-date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:59:41 GMT
host: 168.159.116.96
x-emc-uid: 33115732f3b7455d9d2344ddd235f4b9/user1
x-emc-signature: AHnsdoK6vmIEP8mt97O8S8j7TKY=
Response
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:59:41 GMT
Server: Apache
x-emc-delta: -211
Content-Length: 0
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
x-emc-policy: default