Create and run script that deletes all API Gateway resources

[dagmawidemissie17]

Closes issue #153

Overview

• This pull request adds deleteApiGateway.py

• This file will list and delete all the API Gateway resources through command-line arguments. The following arguments can be provided at runtime:

  • --region: AWS region where the API gateway resides.
  • --forceDelete: To force delete all the API gatewa that exist in the selected region.

• You can read the docstrings in this python file to get an in-depth understanding of each function and arguments in this file.

Pre-requisites

• boto3 installed: pip install boto3
• AWS CLI properly configured with your credentials: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html

To Test

1. git checkout dd-153
2. cd devops/DeleteApiGateway
3. Run the script with an arguments to confirm functionality:

• To List all the API gateways: python deleteApiGateway.py --region us-west-2
• To force delete all the API gateways in the region: `python deleteApiGateway.py --region us-west-2 --forceDelete

4. Go to your AWS console/services/API Gateway and make sure no API gateway resource exists.

                                      Terminal output from running the cleanup script
   

            Screenshot from AWS console showing that no resources are left(Only APIs gateways created in 2022 are deleted)

Time Spent

Activity	Estimate	Actual Time Spent
Researching and writing script	3 hours	2 hours
Testing script	1 hour	1 hour
Write documentation	30 mins	30 mins
Pull request and wrap-up	30 mins	30mins