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DeleteRepository - AWS CodeCommit

DeleteRepository

Deletes a repository. If a specified repository was already deleted, a null repository ID is returned.

Important

Deleting a repository also deletes all associated objects and metadata. After a repository is deleted, all future push calls to the deleted repository fail.

Request Syntax

{ "repositoryName": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

repositoryName

The name of the repository to delete.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: [\w\.-]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "repositoryId": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

repositoryId

The ID of the repository that was deleted.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

EncryptionIntegrityChecksFailedException

An encryption integrity check failed.

HTTP Status Code: 500

EncryptionKeyAccessDeniedException

An encryption key could not be accessed.

HTTP Status Code: 400

EncryptionKeyDisabledException

The encryption key is disabled.

HTTP Status Code: 400

EncryptionKeyNotFoundException

No encryption key was found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

EncryptionKeyUnavailableException

The encryption key is not available.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidRepositoryNameException

A specified repository name is not valid.

Note

This exception occurs only when a specified repository name is not valid. Other exceptions occur when a required repository parameter is missing, or when a specified repository does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

RepositoryNameRequiredException

A repository name is required, but was not specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteRepository.

Sample Request

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com Accept-Encoding: identity Content-Length: 31 X-Amz-Target: CodeCommit_20150413.DeleteRepository X-Amz-Date: 20151028T225354Z User-Agent: aws-cli/1.7.38 Python/2.7.9 Windows/7 Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE/20151028/us-east-1/codecommit/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=8d9b5998EXAMPLE { "repositoryName": "MyDemoRepo" }

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: 0728aaa8-EXAMPLE Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: 55 Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:53:56 GMT { "repositoryId": "f7579e13-b83e-4027-aaef-650c0EXAMPLE" }

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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