CosmosContainer.DeleteContainerAsync Method

Definition

Namespace:

Azure.Cosmos

Assembly:

Azure.Cosmos.dll

Package:

Azure.Cosmos v4.0.0-preview3

Delete a ContainerProperties from the Azure Cosmos DB service as an asynchronous operation.

public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Cosmos.ContainerResponse> DeleteContainerAsync (Azure.Cosmos.ContainerRequestOptions requestOptions = default, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);

abstract member DeleteContainerAsync : Azure.Cosmos.ContainerRequestOptions * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Cosmos.ContainerResponse>

Public MustOverride Function DeleteContainerAsync (Optional requestOptions As ContainerRequestOptions = Nothing, Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing) As Task(Of ContainerResponse)

Parameters

requestOptions

ContainerRequestOptions

(Optional) The options for the container request RequestOptions

cancellationToken

CancellationToken

(Optional) CancellationToken representing request cancellation.

Returns

Task<ContainerResponse>

A Task containing a Response which will contain information about the request issued.

Exceptions

CosmosException

This exception can encapsulate many different types of errors. To determine the specific error always look at the StatusCode property. Some common codes you may get when creating a Document are:

StatusCode	Reason for exception
404	NotFound - This means the resource you tried to delete did not exist.

Examples

Container container = this.database.GetContainer("containerId");
ContainerResponse response = await container.DeleteContainerAsync();