(Objective-C) 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.

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#import <CkoAuthGoogle.h>
#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>

BOOL success = YES;

// 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.

CkoAuthGoogle *gAuth = [[CkoAuthGoogle alloc] init];
gAuth.AccessToken = @"GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN";

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

// Connect using TLS.
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"www.googleapis.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] tls: YES autoReconnect: 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
NSString *fileId = @"0B53Q6OSTWYoldUprZVU1ZVQ5Z0k";

CkoStringBuilder *sbPath = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[sbPath Append: @"/drive/v3/files/"];
[sbPath Append: fileId];

NSString *jsonResponse = [rest FullRequestNoBody: @"DELETE" uriPath: [sbPath GetAsString]];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",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 intValue] != 204) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code = ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response status text = ",rest.ResponseStatusText);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response header: ",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response JSON: ",jsonResponse);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"File deleted.");