Bulk delete in OpenStack Object Storage API v1 Reference - API v1

[Rodney Beede]

"The objects to be deleted are listed in the body of a POST operation."

Shouldn't this be a DELETE operation and not POST?

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URL: http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-object-storage/1.0/content/bulk-delete.html
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xml:id: bulk-delete

[Rodney Beede (business2008+launchpad)]

This page references DELETE:

http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/config-reference/content/object-storage-bulk-delete.html

Both pages could use a more clear example of the HTTP request string.

[Rodney Beede (business2008+launchpad)]

Looking at the source code (https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/stable/havana/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py) it would appear that DELETE is the correct method as per the code line:

if 'bulk-delete' in req.params and req.method == 'DELETE':

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/80696

[Diane Fleming (diane-fleming)]

https://review.openstack.org/80696

[Donagh McCabe (donagh-mccabe)]

See https://review.openstack.org/#/c/53090/

POST is the preferred method

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/80696
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/object-api/commit/?id=9aaf74f0e491333949d93ea9ba26a017d224fbe5
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 9aaf74f0e491333949d93ea9ba26a017d224fbe5
Author: Diane Fleming <email address hidden>
Date: Fri Mar 14 15:48:24 2014 -0500

    Changed bulk-delete to DELETE from POST

    Also, moved information about auto-archive to that chapter.
    Made some small edits to reduce redundancy and improve clarity.

    Closes-Bug: #1288327

    Change-Id: I53731cf895e3e28aa19d92be27d3d4f9c81678e1
    author: diane fleming (<email address hidden>)