Deletes or to correctly describe aborts partially uploaded files from Amazon S3

delete_partial_files_S3.py

import os
import sys
import json

bucket_name = sys.argv[1]
limit = sys.argv[2]

# Usage Ex: python delete_partial_files_S3.py <my_bucket_name> <limit>

# output = os.popen("aws s3api list-multipart-uploads --bucket " + bucket_name).read()
# if not output:
#     print "No partilly uploaded files"
#     sys.exit()
# output = json.loads(output)
# print len(output['Uploads']) # prints the number of partilly uploaded files
# sys.exit()

output = os.popen("aws s3api list-multipart-uploads --bucket " + bucket_name + " --max-items " + limit).read()

if not output:
    print "No partilly uploaded files"
    sys.exit()

output = json.loads(output)
uploads = output['Uploads']
next_token = None

if 'NextToken' in output:
    next_token = output['NextToken']

def delete_partially_uploaded_files(uploads, next_token, bucket_name, limit):
    for upload in uploads:
        key = upload['Key'].replace(" ", "\ ")
        upload_id = upload['UploadId']
        print "Deleting \nkey: " + key + "\nupload_id: " + upload_id
        # os.system("aws s3api abort-multipart-upload --bucket " + bucket_name + " --key " + key + " --upload-id " + upload_id)
        print "DELETED"
        print ""
    if next_token:
        # Uncomment the below line to paginate while listing, NOT TO BE USED WHILE DELETING/ABORTING
        # output = os.popen("aws s3api list-multipart-uploads --bucket " + bucket_name + " --max-items " + limit + " --starting-token " + next_token).read()
        # --starting-token has not been used as it doesn't work as expected while DELETING/ABORTING multipart upload
        output = os.popen("aws s3api list-multipart-uploads --bucket " + bucket_name + " --max-items " + limit).read()
        output = json.loads(output)
        uploads2 = output['Uploads']
        if 'NextToken' in output:
            next_token2 = output['NextToken']
        else:
            next_token2 = None
        delete_partially_uploaded_files(uploads2, next_token2, bucket_name, limit)

delete_partially_uploaded_files(uploads, next_token, bucket_name, limit)