C AWS S3: Delete File from an S3 Bucket

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Demonstrates how to delete a file from an S3 bucket. This example deletes the file /chilkat.ocean/starfishCopy.jpg. A response status code equal to 204 is returned for success (with an empty response body).

Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectDELETE.html

CURL Command

curl -X DELETE https://chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/starfishCopy.jpg

C Example

#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAws.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL success;
    HCkAuthAws authAws;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    authAws = CkAuthAws_Create();
    CkAuthAws_putAccessKey(authAws,"AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    CkAuthAws_putSecretKey(authAws,"AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    CkAuthAws_putRegion(authAws,"us-west-2");
    CkAuthAws_putServiceName(authAws,"s3");
    CkRest_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

    //  URL: https://chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/starfishCopy.jpg
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
        return;
    }

    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkRest_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,"DELETE","/starfishCopy.jpg",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        printf("Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        printf("Response Header:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_responseHeader(rest));
        printf("Response Body:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }



    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);

    }