Visual FoxPro 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

See: Online Tool to Generate Chilkat Code from a CURL Command

Visual FoxPro Example

LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loAuthAws
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest')

loAuthAws = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthAws')
loAuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
loAuthAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
loAuthAws.Region = "us-west-2"
loAuthAws.ServiceName = "s3"
loRest.SetAuthAws(loAuthAws)

*  URL: https://chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/starfishCopy.jpg
lnBTls = 1
lnPort = 443
lnBAutoReconnect = 1
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("chilkat.ocean.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",lnPort,lnBTls,lnBAutoReconnect)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "ConnectFailReason: " + STR(loRest.ConnectFailReason)
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
lnSuccess = loRest.FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/starfishCopy.jpg",loSbResponseBody)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnRespStatusCode = loRest.ResponseStatusCode
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? loSbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthAws
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loAuthAws
RELEASE loSbResponseBody