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SharePoint -- Recycle File (Move File to Recycle Bin)

Moves the file to the Recycle Bin and returns the identifier of the new Recycle Bin item.

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NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    //  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 = 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

    var req = new chilkat.HttpRequest();
    req.HttpVerb = "POST";
    req.Path = "/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/ChilkatDocLibrary/sample.docx')/recycle";

    //  We must 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");

    //  Send the request to move the file to the recycle bin.
    var bUseTls = true;
    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSReq("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var xml = new chilkat.Xml();
    xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr);

    //  A successful response will return the 200 status code.
    if (resp.StatusCode !== 200) {
        console.log("Response status code = " + resp.StatusCode);
        console.log(xml.GetXml());
        console.log("Failed");
        return;
    }

    //  Show the XML response.
    console.log(xml.GetXml());

    //  The GUID (identifier) of the item in the recycle bin is just the content
    //  of the single-node XML that is returned:
    var guid = xml.Content;
    console.log("GUID of recycle item = " + guid);

    console.log("Success.");

    //  A successful XML response looks like this:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    //  <d:Recycle xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"
    //   xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"
    //   xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"
    //   xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
    //   m:type="Edm.Guid">
    //      63b9924d-e9c1-4d7b-b1c2-e921ad85aa1c
    //  </d:Recycle>

}

chilkatExample();