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.

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

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1/secretmanagerpb"
)

// 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: %w", 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: %w", err)
	}
	return nil
}

Java

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

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

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.

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

def delete_secret_with_etag(project_id: str, secret_id: str, etag: str) -> None:
    """
    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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