Method: googleapis.spanner.v1.projects.instances.deleteStay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
Deletes an instance. Immediately upon completion of the request: *
Billing ceases for all of the instance's reserved resources. Soon
afterward: * The instance andall of its databasesimmediately and
irrevocably disappear from the API. All data in the databases is
permanently deleted.
For more information about retries and long-running operations, seeUnderstand connectors.
Arguments
Parameters
name
string
Required. The name of the instance to be deleted. Values are of the formprojects//instances/
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
Response
If successful, the response will be empty.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to theAPI documentation.
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