Delete a secret with ETags

Shows how to delete a secret with a given name, ETag, and all of its versions.

Code sample

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	secretmanagerpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/secretmanager/v1"
)

// deleteSecretWithEtag deletes the secret with the given name and all of its versions.
func deleteSecretWithEtag(name, etag string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret"
	// etag := `"123"`

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create secretmanager client: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.DeleteSecretRequest{
		Name: name,
		Etag: etag,
	}

	// Call the API.
	if err := client.DeleteSecret(ctx, req); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete secret: %v", err)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries. 

import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.DeleteSecretRequest;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class DeleteSecretWithEtag {

  public static void deleteSecret() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String secretId = "your-secret-id";
    // Including the quotes is important.
    String etag = "\"1234\"";
    deleteSecret(projectId, secretId, etag);
  }

  // Delete an existing secret with the given name and etag.
  public static void deleteSecret(String projectId, String secretId, String etag)
      throws IOException {
    // 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 (SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the secret name.
      SecretName secretName = SecretName.of(projectId, secretId);

      // Construct the request.
      DeleteSecretRequest request =
          DeleteSecretRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(secretName.toString())
              .setEtag(etag)
              .build();

      // Delete the secret.
      client.deleteSecret(request);
      System.out.printf("Deleted secret %s\n", secretId);
    }
  }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries. 

def delete_secret_with_etag(project_id, secret_id, etag):
    """
    Delete the secret with the given name, etag, and all of its versions.
    """

    # Import the Secret Manager client library and types.
    from google.cloud import secretmanager
    from google.cloud.secretmanager_v1.types import service

    # Create the Secret Manager client.
    client = secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient()

    # Build the resource name of the secret.
    name = client.secret_path(project_id, secret_id)

    # Build the request
    request = service.DeleteSecretRequest()
    request.name = name
    request.etag = etag

    # Delete the secret.
    client.delete_secret(request=request)

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