(Delphi ActiveX) SharePoint -- Delete a File

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint file.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: TChilkatHttp;
req: TChilkatHttpRequest;
bUseTls: Integer;
resp: IChilkatHttpResponse;
xml: TChilkatXml;

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

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

// If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
// Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
http.Login := 'SHAREPOINT_USERNAME';
http.Password := 'SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD';
http.LoginDomain := 'SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN';
http.NtlmAuth := 1;

// 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 file named "penguins2.jpg" 
// which is located in the "/Documents" folder.

req := TChilkatHttpRequest.Create(Self);
req.HttpVerb := 'POST';
req.Path := '/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(''/Documents/penguins2.jpg'')';

// 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
req.AddHeader('X-RequestDigest','SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST');

// Add additional required headers.
req.AddHeader('IF-MATCH','*');
req.AddHeader('X-HTTP-Method','DELETE');

// Send the POST using https (TLS). Port 443 is the default port for https.
bUseTls := 1;
resp := http.SynchronousRequest('SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN',443,bUseTls,req.ControlInterface);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// If failed, the response body contains XML 
xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);
xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr);

if (resp.StatusCode <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code = ' + IntToStr(resp.StatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());

    // For example, if the file did not exist, this would be the XML response:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <m:error xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
    //     <m:code>-2146232832, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException</m:code>
    //     <m:message xml:lang="en-US">The file /Documents/penguins2.jpg does not exist.</m:message>
    // </m:error>
    // 

    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed');

    Exit;
  end;

// If successful, the response body is empty.
Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');
end;