Delphi ActiveX Box: Delete Folder

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Move a folder to the trash. The recursive parameter must be included in order to delete folders that aren't empty. This example deletes the folder w/ id = 47885473705. An empty 204 response will be returned upon successful deletion. An error is thrown if the folder is not empty and the ‘recursive’ parameter is not included.

Documentation: https://developer.box.com/reference#delete-a-folder

CURL Command

curl https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/47885473705?recursive=true \
-H "Authorization: Bearer BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
-X DELETE

Delphi ActiveX Example

var
rest: TChilkatRest;
success: Integer;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
sbResponseBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;

begin
rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

//  URL: https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/47885473705?recursive=true
bTls := 1;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('api.box.com',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason: ' + IntToStr(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

rest.AddHeader('Authorization','Bearer BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN');

sbResponseBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := rest.FullRequestNoBodySb('DELETE','/2.0/folders/47885473705?recursive=true',sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;