[python] how to delete files from amazon s3 bucket?

I need to write code in python that will delete the required file from an Amazon s3 bucket. I am able to connect to the Amazon s3 bucket, and also to save files, but how can I delete a file?

you can do it using aws cli : https://aws.amazon.com/cli/ and some unix command.

this aws cli commands should work:

aws s3 rm s3://<your_bucket_name> --exclude "*" --include "<your_regex>" 

if you want to include sub-folders you should add the flag --recursive

or with unix commands:

aws s3 ls s3://<your_bucket_name>/ | awk '{print $4}' | xargs -I%  <your_os_shell>   -c 'aws s3 rm s3:// <your_bucket_name>  /% $1'

explanation:

1. list all files on the bucket --pipe-->
2. get the 4th parameter(its the file name) --pipe--> // you can replace it with linux command to match your pattern
3. run delete script with aws cli

if you are trying to delete file using your own local host console then you can try running this python script assuming that you have have already assigned your access id and secret key in the system

import boto3

#my custom sesssion
aws_m=boto3.session.Session(profile_name="your-profile-name-on-local-host")
client=aws_m.client('s3')

#list bucket objects before deleting 
response = client.list_objects(
    Bucket='your-bucket-name'
)
for x in response.get("Contents", None):
    print(x.get("Key",None));

#delete bucket objects
response = client.delete_object(
    Bucket='your-bucket-name',
    Key='mydocs.txt'
)

#list bucket objects after deleting
response = client.list_objects(
    Bucket='your-bucket-name'
)
for x in response.get("Contents", None):
    print(x.get("Key",None));

It's worked for me try it.

import boto
import sys
from boto.s3.key import Key
import boto.s3.connection

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = '<access_key>'
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = '<secret_access_key>'
Bucketname = 'bucket_name' 

conn = boto.s3.connect_to_region('us-east-2',
        aws_access_key_id=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
        aws_secret_access_key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
        is_secure=True,              
        calling_format = boto.s3.connection.OrdinaryCallingFormat(),
        )
bucket = conn.get_bucket(Bucketname)

k = Key(bucket)

k.key = 'filename to delete'
bucket.delete_key(k)   

Using the Python boto3 SDK (and assuming credentials are setup for AWS), the following will delete a specified object in a bucket:

import boto3

client = boto3.client('s3')
client.delete_object(Bucket='mybucketname', Key='myfile.whatever')

Use the S3FileSystem.rm function in s3fs.

You can delete a single file or several at once:

import s3fs
file_system = s3fs.S3FileSystem()

file_system.rm('s3://my-bucket/foo.txt')  # single file

files = ['s3://my-bucket/bar.txt', 's3://my-bucket/baz.txt']
file_system.rm(files)  # several files

Try to look for an updated method, since Boto3 might change from time to time. I used my_bucket.delete_objects():

import boto3
from boto3.session import Session

session = Session(aws_access_key_id='your_key_id',
                  aws_secret_access_key='your_secret_key')

# s3_client = session.client('s3')
s3_resource = session.resource('s3')
my_bucket = s3_resource.Bucket("your_bucket_name")

response = my_bucket.delete_objects(
    Delete={
        'Objects': [
            {
                'Key': "your_file_name_key"   # the_name of_your_file
            }
        ]
    }
)

found one more way to do it using the boto:

from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection, Bucket, Key

conn = S3Connection(AWS_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECERET_KEY)

b = Bucket(conn, S3_BUCKET_NAME)

k = Key(b)

k.key = 'images/my-images/'+filename

b.delete_key(k)

Welcome to 2020 here is the answer in Python/Django:

from django.conf import settings 
import boto3   
s3 = boto3.client('s3')
s3.delete_object(Bucket=settings.AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME, Key=f"media/{item.file.name}")

Took me far too long to find the answer and it was as simple as this.

For now I have resolved the issue by using the Linux utility s3cmd. I used it like this in Python:

delFile = 's3cmd -c /home/project/.s3cfg del s3://images/anon-images/small/' + filename
os.system(delFile)

The following worked for me (based on example for a Django model, but you can pretty much use the code of the delete method on its own).

import boto3
from boto3.session import Session
from django.conf import settings

class Video(models.Model):
    title=models.CharField(max_length=500)
    description=models.TextField(default="")
    creation_date=models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
    videofile=models.FileField(upload_to='videos/', null=True, verbose_name="")
    tags = TaggableManager()

    actions = ['delete']

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title + ": " + str(self.videofile)

    def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
        session = Session (settings.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, settings.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
        s3_resource = session.resource('s3')
        s3_bucket = s3_resource.Bucket(settings.AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME)

        file_path = "media/" + str(self.videofile)
        response = s3_bucket.delete_objects(
            Delete={
                'Objects': [
                    {
                        'Key': file_path
                    }
                ]
            })
        super(Video, self).delete(*args, **kwargs)

I'm surprised there isn't this easy way : key.delete() :

from boto.s3.connection import S3Connection, Bucket, Key

conn = S3Connection(AWS_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECERET_KEY)
bucket = Bucket(conn, S3_BUCKET_NAME)
k = Key(bucket = bucket, name=path_to_file)
k.delete()

please try this code

import boto3   
s3 = boto3.client('s3')
s3.delete_object(Bucket="s3bucketname", Key="s3filepath")

Simplest way to do this is:

import boto3
s3 = boto3.resource("s3")
bucket_source = {
            'Bucket': "my-bcuket",
            'Key': "file_path_in_bucket"
        }
s3.meta.client.delete(bucket_source)

Below is code snippet you can use to delete the bucket,

import boto3, botocore
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

s3 = boto3.resource("s3",aws_access_key_id='Your-Access-Key',aws_secret_access_key='Your-Secret-Key')
s3.Object('Bucket-Name', 'file-name as key').delete()

Via which interface? Using the REST interface, you just send a delete:

DELETE /ObjectName HTTP/1.1
Host: BucketName.s3.amazonaws.com
Date: date
Content-Length: length
Authorization: signatureValue

Via the SOAP interface:

<DeleteObject xmlns="http://doc.s3.amazonaws.com/2006-03-01">
  <Bucket>quotes</Bucket>
  <Key>Nelson</Key>
  <AWSAccessKeyId> 1D9FVRAYCP1VJEXAMPLE=</AWSAccessKeyId>
  <Timestamp>2006-03-01T12:00:00.183Z</Timestamp>
  <Signature>Iuyz3d3P0aTou39dzbqaEXAMPLE=</Signature>
</DeleteObject>

If you're using a Python library like boto, it should expose a "delete" feature, like delete_key().

Using boto3 (currently version 1.4.4) use S3.Object.delete().

import boto3

s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
s3.Object('your-bucket', 'your-key').delete()