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DeleteLayerVersion - AWS Lambda

DeleteLayerVersion

Deletes a version of an AWS Lambda layer. Deleted versions can no longer be viewed or added to functions. To avoid breaking functions, a copy of the version remains in Lambda until no functions refer to it.

Request Syntax

DELETE /2018-10-31/layers/LayerName/versions/VersionNumber HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

LayerName

The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the layer.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140.

Pattern: (arn:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:lambda:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:\d{12}:layer:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)|[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+

Required: Yes

VersionNumber

The version number.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 204

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

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

ServiceException

The AWS Lambda service encountered an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

TooManyRequestsException

The request throughput limit was exceeded. For more information, see Lambda quotas.

HTTP Status Code: 429

See Also

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

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