(Lianja) SharePoint -- Delete a Folder

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint folder.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

//  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the
//  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
loHttp.Login = "SHAREPOINT_USERNAME"
loHttp.Password = "SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD"
loHttp.LoginDomain = "SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN"
loHttp.NtlmAuth = .T.

//  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

loReq = createobject("CkHttpRequest")
loReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
loReq.Path = "/_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
loReq.AddHeader("X-RequestDigest","SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST")

//  Add additional required headers.
loReq.AddHeader("IF-MATCH","*")
loReq.AddHeader("X-HTTP-Method","DELETE")

//  Send the POST using https (TLS). (Port 443 is the default port for https.)
llBUseTls = .T.
loResp = loHttp.SynchronousRequest("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,llBUseTls,loReq)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loReq
    return
endif

//  If failed, the response body contains XML
loXml = createobject("CkXml")
loXml.LoadXml(loResp.BodyStr)

//  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 (loResp.StatusCode <> 200) then
    ? "Response status code = " + str(loResp.StatusCode)
    ? loXml.GetXml()
    ? "Failed"
    release loResp
    release loHttp
    release loReq
    release loXml
    return
endif

release loResp

//  If successful, the response body is empty.
? "Success."


release loHttp
release loReq
release loXml