Lua

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.

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local 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.

local gAuth = chilkat.AuthGoogle.new()
gAuth.access_token = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Connect using TLS.
local bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest:connect("www.googleapis.com", 443, true, bAutoReconnect)

-- Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
rest:set_auth_google(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
local fileId = "0B53Q6OSTWYoldUprZVU1ZVQ5Z0k"

local sbPath = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
sbPath:append("/drive/v3/files/")
sbPath:append(fileId)

local jsonResponse = rest:full_request_no_body("DELETE", sbPath:get_as_string())
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
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 rest.response_status_code ~= 204 then
    print("response status code = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("response status text = " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("response header: " .. rest.response_header)
    print("response JSON: " .. jsonResponse)
    return
end

print("File deleted.")