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Firebase DELETE - Removing Data

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Uses the DELETE method to delete data. The data used in this example is at Chilkat Firebase Pigs Database, and is shown here:

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFac
LOCAL lcAccessToken
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL loAuthGoogle
LOCAL lcJsonResponse

lnSuccess = 0

*  Uses the DELETE method to delete a Firebase record.

*  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
*  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

*  This example assumes a JWT authentication token, if required, has been previously obtained.
*  See Get Firebase Access Token from JSON Service Account Private Key for sample code.

*  Load the previously obtained Firebase access token into a string.
loFac = CreateObject('Chilkat.FileAccess')
lcAccessToken = loFac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/firebaseToken.txt","utf-8")
IF (loFac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFac.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFac
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat.Rest')

*  Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet).
*  Once connected, any number of requests may be sent.  It is not necessary to explicitly
*  call Connect before each request.  
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("chilkat.firebaseio.com",443,1,1)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFac
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loAuthGoogle = CreateObject('Chilkat.AuthGoogle')
loAuthGoogle.AccessToken = lcAccessToken
loRest.SetAuthGoogle(loAuthGoogle)

*  Chilkat's sample data (pig-rescue data) is publicly readable at: https://chilkat.firebaseio.com/.json
*  This data is publicly readable, but not writable.  You'll need to 
*  run against your own database..

*  We're going to delete a pig we previously added.  The push ID of that pig was -KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB,
*  so the path will be "/pig-rescue/animal/-KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB.json"

lcJsonResponse = loRest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE","/pig-rescue/animal/-KI3pT33wKauiMxY4QTB.json")
IF (loRest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    *  Something happened in the communications (either no request was sent, or no response was received.
    *  (The Chilkat REST API also has lower-level methods where an app can send the request in one call,
    *  and then receive the response in another call.)
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFac
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthGoogle
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Check the response status code.   A 200 response status indicates success.
IF (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) THEN
    ? loRest.ResponseStatusText
    ? lcJsonResponse
    ? "Failed."
    RELEASE loFac
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loAuthGoogle
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Success."

RELEASE loFac
RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loAuthGoogle