Here’s a sample HTTP DELETE request that purges the object named
Q1_2012.ppt, which is under retention, from the quarterly_rpts directory. This example uses form-encoded data to pass the operation parameters and percent-encodes the reason because it contains an ampersand.
Request with curl command line
curl -k -iX DELETE
-H "Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d"
-k -d "purge=true" -d "privileged=true"
-d "reason=Purged%20per%20Compliance%20Dept.%20order%20AD%26943"
"https://finance.europe.hcp.example.com/rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt"
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: HCP
bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "https://finance.europe.example.hcp.com \
/rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt")
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE")
args = {'privileged':'true', 'purge':'true',
'reason':'Purged per Compliance Dept. order AD&943'}
params = urllib.urlencode(args)
curl.setopt(pycurl.POSTFIELDS, params)
curl.perform()
print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
curl.close()
Request headers
DELETE /rest/quarterly_rpts/Q1_2012.ppt HTTP/1.1
Host: finance.europe.hcp.example.com
Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:3f3c6784e97531774380db177774ac8d
Content-Length: 90
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
X-HCP-ServicedBySystem: hcp.example.com
X-HCP-Time: 1334425187
Content-Length: 0
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