hello guys,
someone told me that you can set a timer on the droplets for it to automatically destroy itself? Is this possible? if so, how?
many thanks!
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From the DigitalOcean Control Panel, no, however, you can use the API to help you automate certain tasks.
What you’d do is create a script that connects to the API and sends a request to destroy the Droplet. How you’d go about it depends on your preferred programming language.
API Documentation: https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2/
To be more specific, this is the section you’d want to check out:
https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2/#delete-a-droplet
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