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Delete a Google Cloud Storage Bucket

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Demonstrates how to delete a Google Cloud Storage bucket.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

# This example 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 
# scope "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"

# In this example, Get Google Cloud Storage OAuth2 Access Token, 
# the service account access token was saved to a text file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
sbToken = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8")

# Send a DELETE equivalent to this curl command

# curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
#     "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]"
# 
http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()
http.put_AuthToken(sbToken.getAsString())

http.SetUrlVar("bucket_name","chilkat-ocean")
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}"

responseBody = http.quickDeleteStr(url)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

responseCode = http.get_LastStatus()
if (responseCode == 401)
    print responseBody + "\n";
    print "If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired." + "\n";
    print "Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try." + "\n";
    exit
end

# A 204 response code indicates success..
# If not success, then examine the response code and response body..
if (responseCode != 204)
    print "Response code: " + responseCode.to_s() + "\n";
    print "Response body" + "\n";
    print responseBody + "\n";
else
    print "Success." + "\n";
end