Perl Google Drive: Delete a File

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Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. If the file belongs to a Team Drive the user must be an organizer on the parent. If the target is a folder, all descendants owned by the user are also deleted.

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files/delete

use chilkat();

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
$oauth2 = chilkat::CkOAuth2->new();
$oauth2->put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
$rest->SetAuthOAuth2($oauth2);

$success = $rest->Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->AddQueryParam("supportsTeamDrives","true");

$sbResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/drive/v3/files/1xx378JF8abx17LXlRt65031J9TQkolQX",$sbResponse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 204) {
    print "Received error response code: " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "Response body:" . "\r\n";
    print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Example Completed." . "\r\n";