(Visual Basic 6.0) SharePoint -- Delete a File

Demonstrates how to delete a SharePoint file.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

'  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the
'  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
http.Login = "SHAREPOINT_USERNAME"
http.Password = "SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD"
http.LoginDomain = "SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN"
http.NtlmAuth = 1

'  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.

Dim req As New ChilkatHttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.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.
Dim bUseTls As Long
bUseTls = 1
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.SynchronousRequest("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  If failed, the response body contains XML
Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
success = xml.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)

If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode
    Debug.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>
    ' 

    Debug.Print "Failed"

    Exit Sub
End If

'  If successful, the response body is empty.
Debug.Print "Success."