Ruby

Delete File

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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.

Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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 = Chilkat::CkAuthGoogle.new()
gAuth.put_AccessToken("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN")

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

# 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 = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbPath.Append("/drive/v3/files/")
sbPath.Append(fileId)

jsonResponse = rest.fullRequestNoBody("DELETE",sbPath.getAsString())
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 204)
    print "response status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
    print "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText() + "\n";
    print "response header: " + rest.responseHeader() + "\n";
    print "response JSON: " + jsonResponse + "\n";
    exit
end

print "File deleted." + "\n";