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Firebase DELETE - Removing Data

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Uses the DELETE method to delete data. The data used in this example is at Chilkat Firebase Pigs Database, and is shown here:

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<?php

$success = 0;

// Uses the DELETE method to delete a Firebase record.

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

// This example assumes a JWT authentication token, if required, has been previously obtained.
// See Get Firebase Access Token from JSON Service Account Private Key for sample code.

// Load the previously obtained Firebase access token into a string.
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");
$accessToken = $fac->readEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/firebaseToken.txt','utf-8');
if ($fac->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $fac->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

// Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet).
// Once connected, any number of requests may be sent.  It is not necessary to explicitly
// call Connect before each request.  
$success = $rest->Connect('chilkat.firebaseio.com',443,1,1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$authGoogle = new COM("Chilkat.AuthGoogle");
$authGoogle->AccessToken = $accessToken;
$rest->SetAuthGoogle($authGoogle);

// Chilkat's sample data (pig-rescue data) is publicly readable at: https://chilkat.firebaseio.com/.json
// This data is publicly readable, but not writable.  You'll need to 
// run against your own database..

// We're going to delete a pig we previously added.  The push ID of that pig was -KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB,
// so the path will be "/pig-rescue/animal/-KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB.json"

$jsonResponse = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('DELETE','/pig-rescue/animal/-KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB.json');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    // Something happened in the communications (either no request was sent, or no response was received.
    // (The Chilkat REST API also has lower-level methods where an app can send the request in one call,
    // and then receive the response in another call.)
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Check the response status code.   A 200 response status indicates success.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    print $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print $jsonResponse . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>