Delete a custom role

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Demonstrates deleting a custom role.

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C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation. 

namespace iam = ::google::cloud::iam;
[](std::string const& name) {
  iam::IAMClient client(iam::MakeIAMConnection());
  google::iam::admin::v1::DeleteRoleRequest request;
  request.set_name(name);
  auto response = client.DeleteRole(request);
  if (!response) throw std::move(response).status();
  std::cout << "Role successfully deleted: " << response->DebugString()
            << "\n";
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation. 


using System;
using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1.Data;

public partial class CustomRoles
{
    public static void DeleteRole(string name, string projectId)
    {
        var credential = GoogleCredential.GetApplicationDefault()
            .CreateScoped(IamService.Scope.CloudPlatform);
        var service = new IamService(new IamService.Initializer
        {
            HttpClientInitializer = credential
        });

        service.Projects.Roles.Delete(
            $"projects/{projectId}/roles/{name}").Execute();
        Console.WriteLine("Deleted role: " + name);
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	iam "google.golang.org/api/iam/v1"
)

// deleteRole deletes a custom role.
func deleteRole(w io.Writer, projectID, name string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	service, err := iam.NewService(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("iam.NewService: %v", err)
	}

	_, err = service.Projects.Roles.Delete("projects/" + projectID + "/roles/" + name).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Projects.Roles.Delete: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Deleted role: %v", name)
	return nil
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation. 

def delete_role(name, project):
    """Deletes a role."""

    # pylint: disable=no-member
    role = service.projects().roles().delete(
        name='projects/' + project + '/roles/' + name).execute()

    print('Deleted role: ' + name)
    return role

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