Unicode C Google Cloud Storage: Delete a File (i.e. Object)

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Deletes a fie (also known as an object) from a Google Cloud Storage bucket. The name of the bucket is specified in the URL's path. This example deletes the "starfish.jpg" object from the "chilkat-test" bucket. A successful DELETE is indicated by a 204 response status code with an empty response body.

Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/objects/delete

CURL Command

curl -X DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket/o/starfish.jpg?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer CLOUD_STORAGE_TOKEN"

Unicode C Example

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL success;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    //  URL: https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket/o/starfish.jpg?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"www.googleapis.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;
    }

    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Authorization",L"Bearer CLOUD_STORAGE_TOKEN");

    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,L"DELETE",L"/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket/o/starfish.jpg?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        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);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }



    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);

    }