Visual Basic 6.0

Empty Trash

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Permanently deletes all of the user's trashed files. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

success = 1

' 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 ChilkatAuthGoogle
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

' Connect using TLS.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)

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

Dim jsonResponse As String
jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE","/drive/v3/files/trash")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
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
    Debug.Print "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "response JSON: " & jsonResponse
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Trash Emptied!"