Method delete

gridfs/synchronous/grid_file.py:260–286

Delete a file from GridFS by ``"_id"``. Deletes all data belonging to the file with ``"_id"``: `file_id`. .. warning:: Any processes/threads reading from the file while this method is executing will likely see an invalid/corrupt file. Care should be ta

(self, file_id: Any, session: Optional[ClientSession] = None)

    # TODO add optional safe mode for chunk removal?
    def delete(self, file_id: Any, session: Optional[ClientSession] = None) -> None:
        """Delete a file from GridFS by ``"_id"``.

        Deletes all data belonging to the file with ``"_id"``:
        `file_id`.

        .. warning:: Any processes/threads reading from the file while
           this method is executing will likely see an invalid/corrupt
           file. Care should be taken to avoid concurrent reads to a file
           while it is being deleted.

        .. note:: Deletes of non-existent files are considered successful
           since the end result is the same: no file with that _id remains.

        :param file_id: ``"_id"`` of the file to delete
        :param session: a
            :class:`~pymongo.client_session.ClientSession`

        .. versionchanged:: 3.6
           Added ``session`` parameter.

        .. versionchanged:: 3.1
           ``delete`` no longer ensures indexes.
        """
        _disallow_transactions(session)
        self._files.delete_one({"_id": file_id}, session=session)
        self._chunks.delete_many({"files_id": file_id}, session=session)

    def list(self, session: Optional[ClientSession] = None) -> list[str]:
        """List the names of all files stored in this instance of