Route53 delete zone

route53_delete_zone.py

def delete_zone(domain):
    """ Deleting a hosted zone in AWS is a real pain if you have any number of
    resource records defined because you must first delete all RR's in order to
    remove the zone. This is a one-stop script to do all of that in one command.
    """
    import boto
    from boto.route53.record import ResourceRecordSets

    PROTECTED_DOMAINS = ['foo.com', 'bar.net']
    
    if domain in PROTECTED_DOMAINS:
        print "NO DELETING " + domain + "!!!!"
        exit(1)

    conn = boto.connect_route53()
    zone = conn.get_zone(domain.lower().strip('.'))
    changes = ResourceRecordSets(conn, zone.id)
    records = zone.get_records()
    for record in records:
        if record.type != "NS" and record.type != "SOA":
            change = changes.add_change_record("DELETE", record)
    if len(changes.changes) > 0:
        result = changes.commit()
    zone.delete()