(VBScript) Delete File

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.

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

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 1

' 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.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthGoogle")
set gAuth = CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Connect using TLS.
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
success = 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"

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbPath = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbPath.Append("/drive/v3/files/")
success = sbPath.Append(fileId)

jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE",sbPath.GetAsString())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
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
    outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    outFile.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("response JSON: " & jsonResponse)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("File deleted.")

outFile.Close