| Method | URI | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DELETE | /v1/{account}/{container} | Deletes an empty container. |
This operation fails unless the container is empty. An empty container has no objects.
Delete the steven
container:
curl -i
$publicURL/steven -X DELETE -H "X-Auth-Token:
$token"
If the container does not exist, the response is:
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Content-Length: 70 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 X-Trans-Id: tx4d728126b17b43b598bf7-0052d81e34 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:00:20 GMT
If the container exists and the deletion succeeds, the response is:
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content Content-Length: 0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 X-Trans-Id: txf76c375ebece4df19c84c-0052d81f14 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:04:04 GMT
If the container exists but is not empty, the response is:
HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict Content-Length: 95 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 X-Trans-Id: tx7782dc6a97b94a46956b5-0052d81f6b Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:05:31 GMT <html><h1>Conflict</h1><p>There was a conflict when trying to complete your request.</p></html>
For a complete description of HTTP 1.1 header definitions, see Header Field Definitions.
Normal response codes: 204
Error response codes: NotFound (404), Conflict (409)
This table shows the header parameters for the delete container request:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| String (Required) | Authentication token. |
This table shows the URI parameters for the delete container request:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| String | The unique name for the account. An account is also known as the project or tenant. |
| String | The unique name for the container. |
This table shows the header parameters for the delete container response:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| String (Required) | If the operation succeeds, this value is zero (0). If the operation fails, this value is the length of the error text in the response body. |
| String (Required) | If the operation fails, this value is the MIME type of the error text in the response body. |
| Uuid (Required) | A unique transaction identifier for this request. Your service provider might need this value if you report a problem. |
| Datetime (Required) | The transaction date and time. |
