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#!/usr/bin/env python

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import sys

# [START storage_delete_file]

from google.cloud import storage

def delete_blob(bucket_name, blob_name):

"""Deletes a blob from the bucket."""

# bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"

# blob_name = "your-object-name"

storage_client = storage.Client()

bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)

blob = bucket.blob(blob_name)

generation_match_precondition = None

# Optional: set a generation-match precondition to avoid potential race conditions

# and data corruptions. The request to delete is aborted if the object's

# generation number does not match your precondition.

blob.reload() # Fetch blob metadata to use in generation_match_precondition.

generation_match_precondition = blob.generation

blob.delete(if_generation_match=generation_match_precondition)

print(f"Blob {blob_name} deleted.")

# [END storage_delete_file]

if __name__ == "__main__":

delete_blob(bucket_name=sys.argv[1], blob_name=sys.argv[2])