How to delete files in UploadThing?

I am using NextJS

    "@uploadthing/react": "^6.0.2",
    "next": "14.0.2",
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "uploadthing": "^6.1.0"

    "@uploadthing/react": "^6.0.2",
    "next": "14.0.2",
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "uploadthing": "^6.1.0"

I can't get the deleteFiles function to work for uploadthing What I have tried, created a uploadthing.js file in ~/server

"use server";

import { UTApi } from "uploadthing/server";

export const utapi = new UTApi();

"use server";

import { UTApi } from "uploadthing/server";

export const utapi = new UTApi();

I tried to call utapi.deleteFiles() but Webpack threw an error TypeError: _server_uploadthing__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_3__.utapi.deleteFiles is not a function I also tried declaring and exporting deleteFiles explicitly in server actions and calling it but it threw error like Error deleting files: Error: inArray requires at least one value I have referred the official docs but couldn't infer how to delete files

Solution:

This seems to be the clunky way to fix it: https://github.com/pingdotgg/uploadthing/issues/213 I wanted to use Next.js because I thought I wouldn't have to make fetch calls to an internal API!...

GitHub

[BUG]: getting error on using utapi.deleteFiles · Issue #213 · ping...

hey, im getting "Missing UPLOADTHING_SECRET env variable." when trying to delete file. this is my code : export const deleteFiles = async (fileKey: string) => { await utapi.deleteFiles...

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Diversified•11mo ago

update: tried creating delete function in server/uploadthing.js but now i get the following error

[UT] Error: {
  error: 'Error deleting files: Error: inArray requires at least one value'
}

[UT] Error: {
  error: 'Error deleting files: Error: inArray requires at least one value'
}

I am passing the file keys as mentioned in https://discord.com/channels/966627436387266600/1169240516546789386/1181741963557478470 but still get the error

Diversified•11mo ago

Daniel J. Lewis•11mo ago

I'm having the same problem as your first post, except I'm still on Next.js 13.5.3. I also tried adding uploadthing/server to my serverComponentsExternalPackages in Next config. But that didn't fix it.

Solution

Daniel J. Lewis•11mo ago

This seems to be the clunky way to fix it: https://github.com/pingdotgg/uploadthing/issues/213 I wanted to use Next.js because I thought I wouldn't have to make fetch calls to an internal API!

GitHub

[BUG]: getting error on using utapi.deleteFiles · Issue #213 · ping...

hey, im getting "Missing UPLOADTHING_SECRET env variable." when trying to delete file. this is my code : export const deleteFiles = async (fileKey: string) => { await utapi.deleteFiles...

Diversified•11mo ago

Thanks man, I hope they update the documentation and push a fix soon

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How to delete files in UploadThing?