Delete an inspection template

Delete an inspection template from Cloud DLP.

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C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

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


using Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2;
using System;

public class InspectTemplateDelete
{
    public static object Delete(string projectId, string templateName)
    {
        var client = DlpServiceClient.Create();

        var request = new DeleteInspectTemplateRequest
        {
            Name = templateName
        };

        client.DeleteInspectTemplate(request);
        Console.WriteLine($"Successfully deleted template {templateName}.");

        return templateName;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

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

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	dlp "cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/dlp/apiv2/dlppb"
)

// deleteInspectTemplate deletes the given template.
func deleteInspectTemplate(w io.Writer, templateID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// templateID := "my-template"

	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := dlp.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("dlp.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &dlppb.DeleteInspectTemplateRequest{
		Name: templateID,
	}

	if err := client.DeleteInspectTemplate(ctx, req); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("DeleteInspectTemplate: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Successfully deleted inspect template %v", templateID)
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

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


import com.google.cloud.dlp.v2.DlpServiceClient;
import com.google.privacy.dlp.v2.DeleteInspectTemplateRequest;
import java.io.IOException;

class TemplatesDelete {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String templateId = "your-template-id";
    deleteInspectTemplate(projectId, templateId);
  }

  // Delete an existing template
  public static void deleteInspectTemplate(String projectId, String templateId) throws IOException {
    // Construct the template name to be deleted
    String templateName = String.format("projects/%s/inspectTemplates/%s", projectId, templateId);

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (DlpServiceClient dlpServiceClient = DlpServiceClient.create()) {

      // Create delete template request to be sent by the client
      DeleteInspectTemplateRequest request =
          DeleteInspectTemplateRequest.newBuilder().setName(templateName).build();

      // Send the request with the client
      dlpServiceClient.deleteInspectTemplate(request);
      System.out.printf("Deleted template: %s\n", templateName);
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

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

// Imports the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention library
const DLP = require('@google-cloud/dlp');

// Instantiates a client
const dlp = new DLP.DlpServiceClient();

// The project ID to run the API call under
// const projectId = 'my-project';

// The name of the template to delete
// Parent project ID is automatically extracted from this parameter
// const templateName = 'projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/inspectTemplates/#####'
async function deleteInspectTemplate() {
  // Construct template-deletion request
  const request = {
    name: templateName,
  };

  // Run template-deletion request
  await dlp.deleteInspectTemplate(request);
  console.log(`Successfully deleted template ${templateName}.`);
}

deleteInspectTemplate();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

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

use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DlpServiceClient;

/**
 * Delete a DLP inspection configuration template.
 *
 * @param string $callingProjectId  The project ID to run the API call under
 * @param string $templateId        The name of the template to delete
 */
function delete_inspect_template(
    string $callingProjectId,
    string $templateId
): void {
    // Instantiate a client.
    $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();

    // Run template deletion request
    $templateName = "projects/$callingProjectId/locations/global/inspectTemplates/$templateId";
    $dlp->deleteInspectTemplate($templateName);

    // Print results
    printf('Successfully deleted template %s' . PHP_EOL, $templateName);
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Sensitive Data Protection, see Sensitive Data Protection client libraries.

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

import google.cloud.dlp


def delete_inspect_template(project: str, template_id: str) -> None:
    """Deletes a Data Loss Prevention API template.
    Args:
        project: The id of the Google Cloud project which owns the template.
        template_id: The id of the template to delete.
    Returns:
        None; the response from the API is printed to the terminal.
    """

    # Instantiate a client.
    dlp = google.cloud.dlp_v2.DlpServiceClient()

    # Convert the project id into a full resource id.
    parent = f"projects/{project}"

    # Combine the template id with the parent id.
    template_resource = f"{parent}/inspectTemplates/{template_id}"

    # Call the API.
    dlp.delete_inspect_template(request={"name": template_resource})

    print(f"Template {template_resource} successfully deleted.")

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