Deleting a File¶

Method¶

DELETE

Endpoint URL:¶

https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/files/<path>/<filename>

where:

Argument	Description
`<path>`	Directory path in the Backendless file storage where the file should be deleted.
`<filename>`	Name of the file to delete.

Request headers¶

user-token: optional value obtained as a result of the login operation.

where:

Argument Description

user-token Optional header. Contains a value returned by Backendless in a preceding user Login API call. If user-token is set in the request, the currently logged in user will be assigned to the ownerId property of the user object which is being saved. Additionally, the operation will be executed with the security policy associated currently logged in user. This means all permissions associated with the user and the roles assigned to the user will be enforced by Backendless.

Request Body:¶

None

Response Body¶

None or error.

Example¶

Important

Make sure to replace xxxx in the domain name in the sample request below to the one assigned to your application.

curl -X DELETE  
-v http://xxxx.backendless.app/api/files/txtfiles/test.txt

Codeless Reference¶

files_api_delete_file_1

where:

Argument	Description
`file path`	A path identifying a directory where a file must be deleted. The path must start with the root directory of the remote file storage.

This operation does not return a value.

Consider the following file stored in the notes directory:

files_api_delete_file_2

The example below deletes the "grocery.txt" file from the "notes" directory.

files_api_delete_file_3