Unicode 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\"}"

Unicode C Example

#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

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

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    //  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRestW_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

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

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

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestSb(rest,L"POST",L"/2/files/delete_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

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

        i = i + 1;
    }



    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObjectW_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"
  }
}