Perl

SharePoint -- Delete a File

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint file. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
# Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
$http->put_Login("SHAREPOINT_USERNAME");
$http->put_Password("SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD");
$http->put_LoginDomain("SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN");
$http->put_NtlmAuth(1);

# The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
# If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
# establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication

# This example will delete the file named "penguins2.jpg" 
# which is located in the "/Documents" folder.

$req = chilkat::CkHttpRequest->new();
$req->put_HttpVerb("POST");
$req->put_Path("/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/penguins2.jpg')");

# We need to add a form digest value in the X-RequestDigest header field.
# See this example for details on
# how to get (and cache) a form digest value
$req->AddHeader("X-RequestDigest","SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST");

# Add additional required headers.
$req->AddHeader("IF-MATCH","*");
$req->AddHeader("X-HTTP-Method","DELETE");

# Send the POST using https (TLS). Port 443 is the default port for https.
$bUseTls = 1;
$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpSReq("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,$bUseTls,$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# If failed, the response body contains XML 
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->LoadXml($resp->bodyStr());

if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 200) {
    print "Response status code = " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

    # For example, if the file did not exist, this would be the XML response:
    # <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    # <m:error xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
    #     <m:code>-2146232832, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException</m:code>
    #     <m:message xml:lang="en-US">The file /Documents/penguins2.jpg does not exist.</m:message>
    # </m:error>
    # 

    print "Failed" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# If successful, the response body is empty.
print "Success." . "\r\n";