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Google People API - Delete a Contact

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Demonstrates how to delete a People API Contact.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
# This example loads the JSON access token file 

# originally obtained by this example: Get Google People API OAuth2 Access Token
# or refreshed by this example: Refresh Google People API OAuth2 Access Token

$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePeople.json");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to load googleContacts.json" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

$http->put_AuthToken($jsonToken->stringOf("access_token"));

# Send the following request, where resource_name contains the actual resource name, such as "people/c172365763025317520".
# DELETE /v1/resource_name:deleteContact 

$responseText = $http->quickDeleteStr("https://people.googleapis.com/v1/people/c172365763025317520:deleteContact");
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A 200 status code indicates success.  The response text for success will be an empty JSON document: "{}"
print "Response status code = " . $http->get_LastStatus() . "\r\n";
print "Response text:" . "\r\n";
print $responseText . "\r\n";