(C) SharePoint -- Delete a Folder

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint folder.

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#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <C_CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkHttpRequest req;
    BOOL bUseTls;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;
    HCkXml xml;

    // 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 = CkHttp_SynchronousRequest(http,"SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req);
    if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
        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");
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
        CkXml_Dispose(xml);
        return;
    }

    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

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


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
    CkXml_Dispose(xml);

    }