sendspace API (1.2)

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Developer Guide

The sendspace Application Programming Interface (API) allows you to embed sendspace services in your applications, programs, or scripts, regardless of platform and programming language.
All communication with the sendspace API (1.2) assumes a UTF-8 encoding.

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Method: files.delete

Description

Deletes a single file or more. This action cannot be reversed.

Arguments
Name Mandatory Description
session_key Yes Received from auth.login
file_id Yes file_id or list of files' id's (a1a1a1,s2s2s2,d3d3d3)
Returns

Minimal file tag(s) and comma-separated list of IDs suceeded to delete in an "id" tag. One or several error messages, optionally containing specific reason and IDs of those files failed in an "id" property.

Response

<!-- successful response -->
<result method="files.delete" status="ok">
    <id>abcdef,abcdeg</id>
    <file id="abcdef" />
    <file id="abcdeg" />
</result>

<!-- failed response -->
<result method="files.delete" status="fail">
    <error code="..." text="Permission denied"/>
</result>
									
<!-- mixed response -->
<result method="files.delete" status="ok">
    <id>abcdef,abcdeg<id>
    <file id="abcdef" />
    <file id="abcdeg" />
    <error code="..." text="" id="abcdeh,abcdek" />
    <error code="..." text="" id="abcdei,abcdej" />
</result>
Usage Example
requesting deletion of 1 file:
                                           
http://api.sendspace.com/rest/?method=files.delete&session_key=9i96woykgory1crglmykgycjwa5k2cq2&file_id=2u0v02
requesting deletion of more than 1 file:
                                           
http://api.sendspace.com/rest/?method=files.delete&session_key=9i96woykgory1crglmykgycjwa5k2cq2&file_id=yqnz48%2Cfbl8my
Possible Errors
Code Name Description
6 API_ERROR_SESSION_BAD Session expired or not found
9 API_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND File not found
11 API_ERROR_PERMISSION_DENIED Permission denied

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