(Python) SharePoint -- Delete a File

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint file.

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import sys
import chilkat

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

#  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the
#  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
http.put_Login("SHAREPOINT_USERNAME")
http.put_Password("SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD")
http.put_LoginDomain("SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN")
http.put_NtlmAuth(True)

#  The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
#  If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
#  establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication

#  This example will delete the file named "penguins2.jpg"
#  which is located in the "/Documents" folder.

req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()
req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_Path("/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/penguins2.jpg')")

#  We need to add a form digest value in the X-RequestDigest header field.
#  See this example for details on
#  how to get (and cache) a form digest value
req.AddHeader("X-RequestDigest","SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST")

#  Add additional required headers.
req.AddHeader("IF-MATCH","*")
req.AddHeader("X-HTTP-Method","DELETE")

#  Send the POST using https (TLS). Port 443 is the default port for https.
bUseTls = True
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.SynchronousRequest("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  If failed, the response body contains XML
xml = chilkat.CkXml()
xml.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr())

if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200):
    print("Response status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
    print(xml.getXml())

    #  For example, if the file did not exist, this would be the XML response:
    #  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    #  <m:error xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
    #      <m:code>-2146232832, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException</m:code>
    #      <m:message xml:lang="en-US">The file /Documents/penguins2.jpg does not exist.</m:message>
    #  </m:error>
    # 

    print("Failed")

    sys.exit()

#  If successful, the response body is empty.
print("Success.")