(PowerShell) Delete File

Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. If the target is a folder, all descendants owned by the user are also deleted.

See Google Drive Files delete for more information.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$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-Object Chilkat.AuthGoogle
$gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# 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)

# To delete a file, we must use the fileId.
# This must've been obtained by listing or searching for the file
# to get the metadata.
# Assume we already did that an have the fileId
$fileId = "0B53Q6OSTWYoldUprZVU1ZVQ5Z0k"

$sbPath = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbPath.Append("/drive/v3/files/")
$sbPath.Append($fileId)

$jsonResponse = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE",$sbPath.GetAsString())
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    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.ResponseStatusCode -ne 204) {
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response JSON: " + $jsonResponse)
    exit
}

$("File deleted.")