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import boto3
# This code deletes buckets on AWS S3.
# It is designed to be run on a local machine with credentials for an AWS account that has the
# necessary permissions to delete buckets.
# It will delete the contents of the buckets before deleting the bucket itself.
# It will not attempt to delete a bucket that does not exist.
# BUCKETS is a list of bucket names that should be deleted. If a bucket in the list does not
# exist, it will be skipped.
BUCKETS = [
]
# Get a session based on profile name
def get_boto_session():
try:
return boto3.Session(profile_name="")
except Exception as e:
print(f"There was an unknown error when creating boto session: {e}")
exit(1)
# Delete all objects in a bucket
def delete_bucket_contents(bucket_objects: dict):
if "Contents" not in bucket_objects:
return
# For each object, delete it
for object in bucket_objects["Contents"]:
print(f"\tDeleting object {object['Key']}")
s3.delete_object(Bucket=bucket_name, Key=object["Key"])
# Create an S3 client
boto_session = get_boto_session()
s3 = boto_session.client("s3")
# For each bucket, empty it and then delete it
for bucket_name in BUCKETS:
print(f"Deleting bucket {bucket_name}")
# check if bucket exists
try:
s3.head_bucket(Bucket=bucket_name)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Bucket {bucket_name} does not exist")
continue
# Get the objects in the bucket
objects = s3.list_objects(Bucket=bucket_name)
delete_bucket_contents(objects)
# Delete the bucket itself
s3.delete_bucket(Bucket=bucket_name)
print(f"\n----\n")
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