gcloudstoragedeleteobject

Google Cloud Storage Delete Object Python example

This folder contains a Python application example that handles Cloud Storage buckets on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Delete an object in a Google Storage bucket for a Google Cloud Project.

Requirements

• You must have a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account.

• You can install and use the Google Cloud SDK.

  The Google Cloud SDK is a set of tools for Google Cloud Platform. It contains gcloud, gsutil, and bq, which you can use to access Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Storage, Google BigQuery, and other products and services from the command line. You can run these tools interactively or in your automated scripts.* The code was written for Python 3 and Google Cloud Python Client Library.

• The code was written for:

  • Python 3
  • Google API Python Client Library

• Install the Google Cloud Python Client Library.

  Install the latest Google Cloud Python Client Library release via pip:

  pip install google-cloud-storage

Using the code

• Configure your Google Cloud access keys.

  The Google Cloud client library for Java allows you to use several authentication schemes.

  The application uses Application Default Credentials through a JSON service account key for authenticating.

  The credentials are taken from GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.

  For example:

  GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS = /path/to/my/key.json

  Use the Google Cloud Platform console:

  • Go to the Google Cloud Project.

  • Prepare the credentials:

    • Create a Service account.

      For example:

      Name: gcloud-java-examples
      Role: Owner
      Email: gcloud-java-examples@gcloud-java-examples.iam.gserviceaccount.com

    • Create a key as a JSON file and download it.

    • Add the Service accounts id (Ex.: gcloud-java-examples@gcloud-java-examples.iam.gserviceaccount.com) as a member of the project in the IAM.

  • Set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable in your Operating System with the path of your JSON service account key file.

• Run the code.

  You must provide 2 parameters, replace the values of:

  • <BUCKET_NAME> by name of the bucket.
  • <OBJECT_NAME> by name of the object in the bucket.

  Run application:

  python cloudstoragedeleteobject.py <BUCKET_NAME> <OBJECT_NAME>

• Test the application.

  You should not see the object deleted in the Google Storage bucket in the Google Cloud Project.