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Empty Trash

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Permanently deletes all of the user's trashed files.

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Delphi DLL
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Rest, AuthGoogle;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
gAuth: HCkAuthGoogle;
rest: HCkRest;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
jsonResponse: PWideChar;

begin
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.

gAuth := CkAuthGoogle_Create();
CkAuthGoogle_putAccessToken(gAuth,'GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN');

rest := CkRest_Create();

// Connect using TLS.
bAutoReconnect := True;
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'www.googleapis.com',443,True,bAutoReconnect);

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
CkRest_SetAuthGoogle(rest,gAuth);

jsonResponse := CkRest__fullRequestNoBody(rest,'DELETE','/drive/v3/files/trash');
if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// 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 (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 204) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status text = ' + CkRest__responseStatusText(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response header: ' + CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response JSON: ' + jsonResponse);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Trash Emptied!');

CkAuthGoogle_Dispose(gAuth);
CkRest_Dispose(rest);

end;