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Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SugarCRM Deleting a Record

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Deletes a record from the Sugar instance using the //:record endpoint, by using the DELETE Http Method.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- Implements the following CURL command:

-- curl -X DELETE -H OAuth-Token:<access_token> -H Cache-Control:no-cache http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>

http:set_request_header("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
http:set_request_header("OAuth-Token", "<access_token>")

local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_no_body("DELETE", "http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

local sbResponseBody = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
resp:get_body_sb(sbResponseBody)
local jResp = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
jResp:load_sb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.emit_compact = false

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp:emit())

local respStatusCode = resp.status_code
print("Response Status Code = " .. respStatusCode)
if respStatusCode >= 400 then
    print("Response Header:")
    print(resp.header)
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

-- Sample JSON response:
-- (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

-- {
--   "id": "ab2222df-73da-0e92-6887-5705428f4d68"
-- }

-- Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
-- Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
-- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

local id = jResp:string_of("id")