Here's a sample DELETE request that deletes a directory named hum_res/budget_proposals/ from the finance container.
Request with curl command line
curl -v -X DELETE http://api.hcp.example.com/swift/v1/AUTH_6b6884ebb6f441cfbb7e740f6a927c9e/finance/hum_res/budget_proposals/ -H "X-Auth-Token: dc5efec8f546455eac974e7bbfd0dd87"
Request headers
DELETE /swift/v1/AUTH_6b6884ebb6f441cfbb7e740f6a927c9e/finance/hum_res/budget_proposals/ HTTP/1.1
X-Auth-Token: dc5efec8f546455eac974e7bbfd0dd87
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:04:57 GMT
Server: HCP V7.1.0.353
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