Delete taxonomy

Delete an existing taxonomy.

Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Data Catalog quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Data Catalog Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Data Catalog, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	datacatalog "cloud.google.com/go/datacatalog/apiv1beta1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/datacatalog/apiv1beta1/datacatalogpb"
)

// deleteTaxonomy removes an existing taxonomy resource.
func deleteTaxonomy(taxonomyID string) error {
	// taxonomyID := "projects/myproject/locations/us/taxonomies/1234"
	ctx := context.Background()
	policyClient, err := datacatalog.NewPolicyTagManagerClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("datacatalog.NewPolicyTagManagerClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer policyClient.Close()

	req := &datacatalogpb.DeleteTaxonomyRequest{
		Name: taxonomyID,
	}
	return policyClient.DeleteTaxonomy(ctx, req)
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Data Catalog quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Data Catalog Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Data Catalog, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

// Import the Google Cloud client library.
const {PolicyTagManagerClient} = require('@google-cloud/datacatalog').v1;
const policyTagManager = new PolicyTagManagerClient();

async function deleteTaxonomy() {
  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following line before running the sample.
   */
  // const projectId = 'my_project'; // Google Cloud Platform project
  // const location = 'us';
  // const taxonomy = 'my_existing_taxonomy';
  // const taxonomyName = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${location}/taxonomies/${taxonomy}`;

  const request = {
    name: taxonomyName,
  };

  try {
    await policyTagManager.deleteTaxonomy(request);
    console.log(`Deleted taxonomy: ${taxonomyName}`);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
    process.exitCode = 1;
  }
}

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