Delete a Tiger Cloud database service

Usage Examples

Minimal Example

- name: Delete Database Service
  uses: timescale/delete-service@v1
  with:
    project_id: your-project-id
    service_id: your-service-id
    api_key: ${{ secrets.TIGERDATA_API_KEY }}

Inputs

Input	Required	Description
project_id	Yes	The project ID of your service
service_id	Yes	The service ID to delete
api_key	Yes	A Tiger Data API key in format publicKey:secretKey

Important Notes

• Deletion is permanent: This action permanently deletes database services. Ensure you have backups if needed.

Use Cases

This action is particularly useful for deleting test databases created with the timescale/fork-service action. A typical workflow could be to create a test database when a PR is created, use it to verify requirements manually, and then delete the database when the PR is merged.

Integration with fork-service

This action pairs perfectly with timescale/fork-service:

1. Use fork-service to create temporary database for testing
2. Run your tests against the forked database
3. Use delete-service to clean up the temporary database

Note: fork-service has a built-in cleanup: true option for automatic cleanup, but this delete-service action gives you more control over when and how deletion happens.