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Empty Trash

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Permanently deletes all of the user's trashed files.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$success = true;

// 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.

$gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
$gAuth->put_AccessToken('GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN');

$rest = new CkRest();

// Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = true;
$success = $rest->Connect('www.googleapis.com',443,true,$bAutoReconnect);

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
$rest->SetAuthGoogle($gAuth);

$jsonResponse = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('DELETE','/drive/v3/files/trash');
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// 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->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 204) {
    print 'response status code = ' . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\n";
    print 'response status text = ' . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\n";
    print 'response header: ' . $rest->responseHeader() . "\n";
    print 'response JSON: ' . $jsonResponse . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Trash Emptied!' . "\n";

?>