Delete multiple files and folders

This call lets you perform perform an asynchronous bulk deletion of files or folders. Deleting folders which aren't empty is allowed.

Request

https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/async/files/delete

Example request

POST /v2/async/files/delete
Host: cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com
X-SBG-Auth-Token: 3259c50e1ac5336ea8f1273259740f75

curl -X POST \
  https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/async/files/delete \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-SBG-Auth-Token: d32c2976ffc04d0eb90c6c4fb2c0a465' \
  -d '{
  "items": [
    {
      "file": "5c6d3f30e4b038563238932f"
    },
    {
      "file": "5c6d3f30e4b038563238932b"
     },
    {
      "file": "5c6d3f30e4b0385632389331"
    }
  ]
}'

Header Fields

Name	Description
X-SBG-Auth-Token required	Your CAVATICA authentication token.
Content-Type required	`application/json`

Request body

Key	Data type	Description
`file` required	object	The ID of the file or folder you are deleting. Use the API call for listing all files to obtain the file or folder ID. Deleting folders which are not empty is allowed.

{
  "items": [
    {
      "file": "5c6d3f30e4b038563238932f"
    },
    {
      "file": "5c6d3f30e4b038563238932b"
     },
    {
      "file": "5c6d3f30e4b0385632389331"
    }
  ]
}

Response

See a list of CAVATICA-specific response codes that may be contained in the body of the response.

Response body

Key	Data type of value	Description of value
`file`	string	ID of this delete job.
`result`	string	The result of the job if available at the time the call is made. Use the details of a deletion job to see more information.
`type`	string	The type of job, which is `DELETE` in the case of deleting files.
`state`	string	The state is SUBMITTED at the time of making this call.
`failed_files`	string	The number of failed files if that information is available at the time of the call. You can get details of a copy job with a dedicated call.
`completed_files`	string	The number of completed files if that information is available at the time of the call. You can get details of a copy job with a dedicated call.
`total_files`	string	The number of failed files if that information is available at the time of the call. You can get the details of a deletion job with a dedicated call.

Example response body

{
    "href": "https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/async/files/delete/70714077692891136",
    "id": "70714077692891136",
    "result": [],
    "type": "DELETE",
    "state": "SUBMITTED",
    "failed_files": 0,
    "completed_files": 0,
    "total_files": 0
}