(SQL Server) SharePoint -- Delete a Folder

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint folder.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    -- Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Login', 'SHAREPOINT_USERNAME'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Password', 'SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'LoginDomain', 'SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @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

    DECLARE @req int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpRequest" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpRequest', @req OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @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.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @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
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'X-RequestDigest', 'SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST'

    -- Add additional required headers.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'IF-MATCH', '*'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddHeader', NULL, 'X-HTTP-Method', 'DELETE'

    -- Send the POST using https (TLS). (Port 443 is the default port for https.)
    DECLARE @bUseTls int
    SELECT @bUseTls = 1
    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SynchronousRequest', @resp OUT, 'SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN', 443, @bUseTls, @req
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
        RETURN
      END

    -- If failed, the response body contains XML 
    DECLARE @xml int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xml OUT

    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'LoadXml', @success OUT, @sTmp0

    -- 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.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Response status code = ' + @iTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Failed'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp

        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp

    -- If successful, the response body is empty.

    PRINT 'Success.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @req
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml


END
GO