Visual Basic 6.0

SharePoint -- Delete a Folder

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint folder. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
' Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
http.Login = "SHAREPOINT_USERNAME"
http.Password = "SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD"
http.LoginDomain = "SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN"
http.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 folder /Documents/ChilkatTest2

Dim req As New ChilkatHttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
' If your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, then use "/sites/teamA/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/teamA/Documents/ChilkatTest2')" where "teamA" is the name of the site.
req.Path = "/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest2')"

' 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.)
Dim bUseTls As Long
bUseTls = 1
Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpSReq("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' If failed, the response body contains XML 
Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
success = xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

' Note: It seems that if an attempt is made to delete a folder that does not exist,
' the response status code is 200, indicating success.
If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode
    Debug.Print xml.GetXml()
    Debug.Print "Failed"
    Exit Sub
End If

' If successful, the response body is empty.
Debug.Print "Success."