AWS SDK for Go Code Examples for Amazon S3

Purpose

This example demonstrates how to delete all of the Amazon S3 buckets you own that begin with a given prefix.

Prerequisites

You must have an AWS account, and have your default credentials and AWS Region configured as described in Configuring the AWS SDK for Go in the AWS SDK for Go Developer Guide.

Running the Code

Syntax

go run s3_delete_buckets -p PREFIX

PREFIX is the first characters of the names of the Amazon S3 buckets to delete.

For example, if you call go run s3_delete_buckets.go -p dummy-, it first removes all of the objects in the Amazon S3 buckets with names starting with dummy-, then deletes all of those S3 buckets.

Notes

We recommend that you grant this code least privilege, or at most the minimum permissions required to perform the task. For more information, see Grant Least Privilege in the AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide.
This code has not been tested in all Regions. Some AWS services are available only in specific Regions.
Running this code might result in charges to your AWS account.

Running the Unit Tests

Unit tests should delete any resources they create. However, they might result in charges to your AWS account.

The unit test:

Creates three S3 buckets, with a name starting with dummy-, followed by a GUID, and then the numbers 0-2.
Lists all of the buckets with a name starting with dummy-
Removes all objects in the S3 buckets with names starting with dummy-
Deletes all S3 buckets with names starting with dummy-
Lists all of the buckets with a name starting with dummy-

To run the unit test, enter:

go test

You should see something like the following, where PATH is the path to folder containing the Go files:

PASS
ok      PATH 6.593s

If you want to see any log messages, enter:

go test -test.v

You should see some additional log messages. The last two lines should be similar to the previous output shown.

You can confirm it has deleted any resources it created by running: