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Firebase DELETE - Removing Data

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Uses the DELETE method to delete data. The data used in this example is at Chilkat Firebase Pigs Database, and is shown here:

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Local $bSuccess = False

;  Uses the DELETE method to delete a Firebase record.

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

;  This example assumes a JWT authentication token, if required, has been previously obtained.
;  See Get Firebase Access Token from JSON Service Account Private Key for sample code.

;  Load the previously obtained Firebase access token into a string.
$oFac = ObjCreate("Chilkat.FileAccess")
Local $sAccessToken = $oFac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/firebaseToken.txt","utf-8")
If ($oFac.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFac.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

;  Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet).
;  Once connected, any number of requests may be sent.  It is not necessary to explicitly
;  call Connect before each request.  
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("chilkat.firebaseio.com",443,True,True)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oAuthGoogle = ObjCreate("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
$oAuthGoogle.AccessToken = $sAccessToken
$oRest.SetAuthGoogle($oAuthGoogle)

;  Chilkat's sample data (pig-rescue data) is publicly readable at: https://chilkat.firebaseio.com/.json
;  This data is publicly readable, but not writable.  You'll need to 
;  run against your own database..

;  We're going to delete a pig we previously added.  The push ID of that pig was -KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB,
;  so the path will be "/pig-rescue/animal/-KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB.json"

Local $sJsonResponse = $oRest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE","/pig-rescue/animal/-KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB.json")
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ;  Something happened in the communications (either no request was sent, or no response was received.
    ;  (The Chilkat REST API also has lower-level methods where an app can send the request in one call,
    ;  and then receive the response in another call.)
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Check the response status code.   A 200 response status indicates success.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.ResponseStatusText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($sJsonResponse & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)