Xojo Plugin

Delete File

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Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. If the target is a folder, all descendants owned by the user are also deleted.

See Google Drive Files delete for more information.

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

success = True

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

// This example uses a previously obtained access token having permission for the 
// Google Drive scope.

Dim gAuth As New Chilkat.AuthGoogle
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

// Connect using TLS.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
success = rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth)

// To delete a file, we must use the fileId.
// This must've been obtained by listing or searching for the file
// to get the metadata.
// Assume we already did that an have the fileId
Dim fileId As String
fileId = "0B53Q6OSTWYoldUprZVU1ZVQ5Z0k"

Dim sbPath As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbPath.Append("/drive/v3/files/")
success = sbPath.Append(fileId)

Dim jsonResponse As String
jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE",sbPath.GetAsString())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 204 and the response body is empty.
// (If not successful, then there should be a JSON response body with information..)
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 204) Then
    System.DebugLog("response status code = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    System.DebugLog("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    System.DebugLog("response JSON: " + jsonResponse)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("File deleted.")