How to delete a file in a google drive shared drive folder using php?

Question

All I need is to delete a file which is inside my shared drive folder using google/apiclient using php , this is my code below .

session_start();

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; // ready the API to upload to drive

use Google\Client;
use Google\Service\Drive;

if (isset($_POST['file'])) {
    $file = $_POST['file'];

        $client = new Client();
        putenv('GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=./credentials.json');
        $client->useApplicationDefaultCredentials();
        $client->addScope(Drive::DRIVE);
        $driveService = new Drive($client);

        $delete = $driveService->files->delete($file);

        if ($delete) {
            $_SESSION['success'] = "Video deleted successfully";
            header("Location: upload");
        }

}

Ok... so... what's not working? What error message are you getting? Note that nothing ever sets a value for `$delete` so it's never going to evaluate to true. — Alex Howansky, Nov 28 '22 at 21:06
@Alex Howansky Sir thank you for replying, actually what I need is to delete a file from my shared drive folder and this says ( Uncaught Google\Service\Exception: { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "global", "reason": "notFound", "message": "File not found: ) — jasonzs, Nov 28 '22 at 21:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '22 at 00:35

2

If your client has permission for deleting the file from the shared Drive, how about the following modification?

From:

$delete = $driveService->files->delete($file);

To:

$fileId = "###"; // Please set the file ID of the file you want to delete.
try {
    $driveService->files->delete($fileId, array('supportsAllDrives' => true));
} catch (Exception $e) {
    print "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage();
}

In this case, when the file is deleted, no value is returned. Please be careful about this.

Note:

When I tested this script, I confirmed that a file in a shared Drive could be deleted. But, if an error occurs, please confirm the permission of your client, again.

Reference:

Files: delete

answered Nov 29 '22 at 00:35

Tanaike

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Ok Sir I will check now – jasonzs Nov 29 '22 at 01:19
Sir your code worked thanks alot. – jasonzs Nov 29 '22 at 01:33
@jasonzs Thank you for replying and testing it. I'm glad your issue was resolved. Thank you, too. – Tanaike Nov 29 '22 at 02:35

How to delete a file in a google drive shared drive folder using php?

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