def buckets_delete(self, bucket):
    """Issues a request to delete a bucket.

    Args:
      bucket: the name of the bucket.
    Raises:
      Exception if there is an error performing the operation.
    """
    url = Api._ENDPOINT + (Api._BUCKET_PATH % bucket)
    google.datalab.utils.Http.request(url, method='DELETE', credentials=self._credentials,
                                      raw_response=True)
Issues a request to delete a bucket.

    Args:
      bucket: the name of the bucket.
    Raises:
      Exception if there is an error performing the operation.