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SugarCRM Deleting a Record

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Deletes a record from the Sugar instance using the //:record endpoint, by using the DELETE Http Method.

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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.

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

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -X DELETE -H OAuth-Token:<access_token> -H Cache-Control:no-cache http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>

$http->SetRequestHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache");
$http->SetRequestHeader("OAuth-Token","<access_token>");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpNoBody("DELETE","http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "id": "ab2222df-73da-0e92-6887-5705428f4d68"
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$id = $jResp->stringOf("id");