Delete context cache

Delete a specific context cache that's no longer used.

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• Delete a context cache

Code sample

C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI C# API reference documentation.

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

using Google.Cloud.AIPlatform.V1Beta1;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class DeleteContextCache
{
    public async Task Delete(CachedContentName name)
    {
        var client = await new GenAiCacheServiceClientBuilder
        {
            Endpoint = "us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
        }.BuildAsync();

        await client.DeleteCachedContentAsync(name);
        Console.WriteLine($"Deleted cache: {name}");
    }
}

Go

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

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

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"cloud.google.com/go/vertexai/genai"
)

// deleteContextCache shows how to delete a cached content
// contentName is the ID of the cached content
func deleteContextCache(w io.Writer, contentName string, projectID, location string) error {
	// location := "us-central1"
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, projectID, location)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	err = client.DeleteCachedContent(ctx, contentName)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("DeleteCachedContent: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Deleted cached content %q", contentName)
	return nil
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python API reference documentation.

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

import vertexai

from vertexai.preview import caching

# TODO(developer): Update and un-comment below lines
# PROJECT_ID = "your-project-id"
# cache_id = "your-cache-id"

vertexai.init(project=PROJECT_ID, location="us-central1")

cached_content = caching.CachedContent(cached_content_name=cache_id)
cached_content.delete()

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