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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.

Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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.

    const g_auth = try chilkat.AuthGoogle.init();
    defer g_auth.deinit();
    g_auth.setAccessToken("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    const rest = try chilkat.Rest.init();
    defer rest.deinit();

    // Connect using TLS.
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    try rest.connect("www.googleapis.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect);

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    rest.setAuthGoogle(g_auth) catch {};

    // 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
    const file_id = "0B53Q6OSTWYoldUprZVU1ZVQ5Z0k";

    const sb_path = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_path.deinit();
    sb_path.append("/drive/v3/files/") catch {};
    sb_path.append(file_id) catch {};

    const json_response = rest.fullRequestNoBody(alloc, "DELETE", try sb_path.getAsString(alloc)) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // 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.getResponseStatusCode() != 204) {
        std.debug.print("response status code = {d}\n", .{rest.getResponseStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("response status text = {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseStatusText(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("response header: {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("response JSON: {s}\n", .{json_response});
        return;
    }

    std.debug.print("File deleted.\n", .{});
}