(C# UWP/WinRT) Delete File

Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. If the target is a folder, all descendants owned by the user are also deleted.

See Google Drive Files delete for more information.

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

bool success = true;

// 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.

Chilkat.AuthGoogle gAuth = new Chilkat.AuthGoogle();
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN";

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

// Connect using TLS.
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = await rest.ConnectAsync("www.googleapis.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth);

// To delete a file, we must use the fileId.
// This must've been obtained by listing or searching for the file
// to get the metadata.
// Assume we already did that an have the fileId
string fileId = "0B53Q6OSTWYoldUprZVU1ZVQ5Z0k";

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbPath = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbPath.Append("/drive/v3/files/");
sbPath.Append(fileId);

string jsonResponse = await rest.FullRequestNoBodyAsync("DELETE",sbPath.GetAsString());
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// 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) {
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("response JSON: " + jsonResponse);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("File deleted.");