(MFC) SharePoint -- Delete a Folder

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint folder.

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkHttp http;

    // 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(true);

    // 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

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_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.put_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.)
    bool bUseTls = true;
    CkHttpResponse *resp = http.SynchronousRequest("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // If failed, the response body contains XML 
    CkXml xml;
    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->get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        strOut.append("Response status code = ");
        strOut.appendInt(resp->get_StatusCode());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append(xml.getXml());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("Failed");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        delete resp;
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    delete resp;

    // If successful, the response body is empty.
    strOut.append("Success.");
    strOut.append("\r\n");


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }