C
C
SharePoint -- Delete a Folder
Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint folder.Chilkat C Downloads
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <C_CkXml.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkHttp http;
HCkHttpRequest req;
BOOL bUseTls;
HCkHttpResponse resp;
HCkXml xml;
success = FALSE;
// This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
http = CkHttp_Create();
// If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the
// Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
CkHttp_putLogin(http,"SHAREPOINT_USERNAME");
CkHttp_putPassword(http,"SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD");
CkHttp_putLoginDomain(http,"SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN");
CkHttp_putNtlmAuth(http,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
req = CkHttpRequest_Create();
CkHttpRequest_putHttpVerb(req,"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.
CkHttpRequest_putPath(req,"/_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
CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"X-RequestDigest","SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST");
// Add additional required headers.
CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"IF-MATCH","*");
CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"X-HTTP-Method","DELETE");
// Send the POST using https (TLS). (Port 443 is the default port for https.)
bUseTls = TRUE;
resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
success = CkHttp_HttpSReq(http,"SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req,resp);
if (success == FALSE) {
printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
return;
}
// If failed, the response body contains XML
xml = CkXml_Create();
CkXml_LoadXml(xml,CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
// 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 (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) != 200) {
printf("Response status code = %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));
printf("%s\n",CkXml_getXml(xml));
printf("Failed\n");
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
CkXml_Dispose(xml);
return;
}
// If successful, the response body is empty.
printf("Success.\n");
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
CkXml_Dispose(xml);
}