Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
PowerShell

Firebase DELETE - Removing Data

See more Firebase Examples

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

Chilkat PowerShell Downloads

PowerShell
Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# 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-Object Chilkat.FileAccess
$accessToken = $fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/firebaseToken.txt","utf-8")
if ($fac.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($fac.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$rest = New-Object 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 = $rest.Connect("chilkat.firebaseio.com",443,$true,$true)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$authGoogle = New-Object 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 -ne $true) {
    # 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.)
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Check the response status code.   A 200 response status indicates success.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $($rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $($jsonResponse)
    $("Failed.")
    exit
}

$("Success.")