Use DeleteRestApi with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DeleteRestApi with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteRestApi.

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CLI
AWS CLI

To delete an API

Command:

aws apigateway delete-rest-api --rest-api-id 1234123412

  • For API details, see DeleteRestApi in AWS CLI Command Reference.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository. 

    public static void deleteAPI(ApiGatewayClient apiGateway, String restApiId) {

        try {
            DeleteRestApiRequest request = DeleteRestApiRequest.builder()
                    .restApiId(restApiId)
                    .build();

            apiGateway.deleteRestApi(request);
            System.out.println("The API was successfully deleted");

        } catch (ApiGatewayException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }

  • For API details, see DeleteRestApi in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository. 

class ApiGatewayToService:
    """
    Encapsulates Amazon API Gateway functions that are used to create a REST API that
    integrates with another AWS service.
    """

    def __init__(self, apig_client):
        """
        :param apig_client: A Boto3 API Gateway client.
        """
        self.apig_client = apig_client
        self.api_id = None
        self.root_id = None
        self.stage = None


    def delete_rest_api(self):
        """
        Deletes a REST API, including all of its resources and configuration.
        """
        try:
            self.apig_client.delete_rest_api(restApiId=self.api_id)
            logger.info("Deleted REST API %s.", self.api_id)
            self.api_id = None
        except ClientError:
            logger.exception("Couldn't delete REST API %s.", self.api_id)
            raise

  • For API details, see DeleteRestApi in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.