C Dropbox: Dropbox Delete a File

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Deletes a file on Dropbox

Documentation: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-delete

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2 \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt\"}"

C Example

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL success;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkStringBuilder sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    int i;
    int count_i;
    int j;
    int count_j;
    const char *metadataTag;
    const char *metadataName;
    const char *metadataId;
    const char *metadataClient_modified;
    const char *metadataServer_modified;
    const char *metadataRev;
    int metadataSize;
    const char *metadataPath_lower;
    const char *metadataPath_display;
    BOOL metadataSharing_infoRead_only;
    const char *metadataSharing_infoParent_shared_folder_id;
    const char *metadataSharing_infoModified_by;
    BOOL metadataHas_explicit_shared_members;
    const char *metadataContent_hash;
    const char *template_id;
    const char *name;
    const char *value;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    //  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"path","/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt");

    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Authorization","Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN");
    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Content-Type","application/json");

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkJsonObject_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkRest_FullRequestSb(rest,"POST","/2/files/delete_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        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);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

    metadataTag = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.\".tag\"");
    metadataName = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.name");
    metadataId = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.id");
    metadataClient_modified = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.client_modified");
    metadataServer_modified = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.server_modified");
    metadataRev = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.rev");
    metadataSize = CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.size");
    metadataPath_lower = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.path_lower");
    metadataPath_display = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.path_display");
    metadataSharing_infoRead_only = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.sharing_info.read_only");
    metadataSharing_infoParent_shared_folder_id = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.sharing_info.parent_shared_folder_id");
    metadataSharing_infoModified_by = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.sharing_info.modified_by");
    metadataHas_explicit_shared_members = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.has_explicit_shared_members");
    metadataContent_hash = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.content_hash");
    i = 0;
    count_i = CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,"metadata.property_groups");
    while (i < count_i) {
        CkJsonObject_putI(jsonResponse,i);
        template_id = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.property_groups[i].template_id");
        j = 0;
        count_j = CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,"metadata.property_groups[i].fields");
        while (j < count_j) {
            CkJsonObject_putJ(jsonResponse,j);
            name = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.property_groups[i].fields[j].name");
            value = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.property_groups[i].fields[j].value");
            j = j + 1;
        }

        i = i + 1;
    }



    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "metadata": {
    ".tag": "file",
    "name": "Prime_Numbers.txt",
    "id": "id:a4ayc_80_OEAAAAAAAAAXw",
    "client_modified": "2015-05-12T15:50:38Z",
    "server_modified": "2015-05-12T15:50:38Z",
    "rev": "a1c10ce0dd78",
    "size": 7212,
    "path_lower": "/homework/math/prime_numbers.txt",
    "path_display": "/Homework/math/Prime_Numbers.txt",
    "sharing_info": {
      "read_only": true,
      "parent_shared_folder_id": "84528192421",
      "modified_by": "dbid:AAH4f99T0taONIb-OurWxbNQ6ywGRopQngc"
    },
    "property_groups": [
      {
        "template_id": "ptid:1a5n2i6d3OYEAAAAAAAAAYa",
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "Security Policy",
            "value": "Confidential"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "has_explicit_shared_members": false,
    "content_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
  }
}