PowerShell 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

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

#   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
$oauth2 = New-Object Chilkat.OAuth2
$oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
$rest.SetAuthOAuth2($oauth2)

$success = $rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,$true,$true)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$rest.AddQueryParam("supportsTeamDrives","true")

$sbResponse = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/drive/v3/files/1xx378JF8abx17LXlRt65031J9TQkolQX",$sbResponse)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 204) {
    $("Received error response code: " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("Response body:")
    $($sbResponse.GetAsString())
    exit
}

$("Example Completed.")