simple ruby script to remove an object from s3. requires having the aws gem installed.

remove_s3_object.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

##
# usage: AWS_SECRET_KEY=xxx AWS_ACCESS_KEY=xxx S3_BUCKET_NAME=xxx ./remove_s3_object.rb file1.html file2.html
#

  #
    require 'aws'
    require 'pry'

    aws_secret_key = ENV['AWS_SECRET_KEY']
    aws_access_key = ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY']
    s3_bucket_name = ENV['S3_BUCKET_NAME']

    if [aws_secret_key, aws_access_key, s3_bucket_name].include?(nil)
      abort 'usage: AWS_SECRET_KEY=xxx AWS_ACCESS_KEY=xxx S3_BUCKET_NAME=xxx ./remove_s3_object.rb "/file1.html" "/file2.html"'
    end


  #
    files = ARGV

    if files.count == 0
      abort 'usage: AWS_SECRET_KEY=xxx AWS_ACCESS_KEY=xxx S3_BUCKET_NAME=xxx ./remove_s3_object.rb "/file1.html" "/file2.html"'
    end


  #
    AWS.config({
      :access_key_id     => aws_access_key,
      :secret_access_key => aws_secret_key
    })

    #s3 = AWS::S3.new(:s3_endpoint => s3_bucket_name + ".s3.amazonaws.com")
    #bucket = s3.buckets[s3_bucket_name]

    s3                  = AWS::S3.new(:s3_endpoint => 's3.amazonaws.com')
    location_constraint = s3.buckets[s3_bucket_name].location_constraint
    endpoint            = ['s3', location_constraint].compact.join('-') + '.amazonaws.com'
    bucket              = AWS::S3.new(:s3_endpoint => endpoint).buckets[s3_bucket_name]

puts endpoint
puts s3_bucket_name

    files.each do |file|
      object = bucket.objects[file]
      if object.exists?
        object.delete
        puts "#{ file } deleted"
      else
        puts "#{ file } has already been deleted."
      end
    end

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