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javascriptgoogle-drive-api
Boris Jockov
Boris Jockov

Reputation: 614

Deleting a Google Drive file using JS client

I tried using the example from Google Drive documentation. So the code is :

var request = gapi.client.drive.files.delete({
    'fileId' : someFileId
    });

    request.execute(function(resp) 
    {
        console.log(resp);
    });

The app is installed properly and I'm using drive.file scope. The problem is that the file is not deleted. It is still present in the Drive UI and cannot be opened anymore or downloaded. File is corrupted.

The request being sent is not the DELETE https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/fileId as was stated in docs. It is a POST https://www.googleapis.com/rpc?key=API_KEY. The body contains a JSON array:

[{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"gapiRpc","method":"drive.files.delete","params":{"fileId":"someFileId"},"apiVersion":"v2"}]

Response contains one empty JSON object. There are no errors in the response and there are no JS errors in the page. The APIs Explorer successfully deletes the file.

Any hints?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1446

Answers (1)

user2196048
user2196048

Reputation: 66

Try a XMLHttpRequest instead:

var xmlReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlReq.open('DELETE', 'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/' + fileId + '?key=' + apiKey);
xmlReq.setRequestHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accessToken);

Upvotes: 5

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