VB.NET

Delete File

See more Google Drive Examples

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.

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = 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.

Dim gAuth As New Chilkat.AuthGoogle
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' Connect using TLS.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = 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
Dim fileId As String = "0B53Q6OSTWYoldUprZVU1ZVQ5Z0k"

Dim sbPath As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbPath.Append("/drive/v3/files/")
sbPath.Append(fileId)

Dim jsonResponse As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE",sbPath.GetAsString())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' 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 <> 204) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("response JSON: " & jsonResponse)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("File deleted.")