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Overview

This Snap provides the ability to delete items from the SharePoint Online document library.

Prerequisites

Use valid SharePoint Online tenant and associated site in account and snap settings respectively.
Valid application in the Azure portal with necessary permissions to the application. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Works in Ultra Pipelines.

See Snap Support for Ultra Pipelines.

Limitations and Known Issues

N/A

Snap Input and Output

Input/Output

Type of View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input

Document

Min:0
Max:1

Mapper Snap
Copy Snap
CSV Parser
JSON Parser
... ...

A document containing the data that need to be deleted.

Output

Document

Min:0
Max:1

Mapper Snap
Copy Snap
CSV Parser
JSON Parser
... ...

A document containing the response after the delete operation.

Snap Settings

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description	Default Value	Example
Label	String	Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline.	N/A	SharePoint Online - Delete Item
Site	String	Required. This property enables you to define the name of a site, which contains the list of document library to be used in the subsequent settings.	N/A	MySite
Document Library	String	Required. This property enables you to select Drive representing the top-level container for a file system, such as OneDrive or SharePoint document libraries. This field will be populated dynamically from different sites from the suggestion dropdown. Users are allowed either to choose a document library from suggestion dropdown or type an entity manually. Note If an expression is used in the Site property, then the document library cannot be suggested.	N/A	Shared Documents
Source file path	String	Required. The driveItem resource path that represents a file, folder, or other item stored in a document library. Note: The snap will delete the folder also even if the folder is not empty.	N/A	testFile.pdf
Connection details	N/A	Settings to influence connection properties to the SharePoint Online APIs.	N/A	N/A
Connection timeout	int	Required. This property enables you to set the connection timeout duration in seconds.	30	30
Number of retries	int	Required. This property enables you to set the maximum number of re-connections in case of connection failure or timeout.	1	1
Retry interval (seconds)	int	Required. This property enables you to set the time interval in seconds between connection attempts.	10	10
Snap Execution	DropDown	Specifies the execution type: Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap (up to 50 records) during Pipeline validation; performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline execution. Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution; does not execute the Snap during Pipeline validation. Disabled: Disables the Snap and, by extension, its downstream Snaps.	Execute only	N/A

For more information on how to delete an item in the SharePoint Online please refer to the graph API, see driveitem-delete.

Troubleshooting

Error	Reason	Resolution
The input entity does not exist.	An invalid entity has been entered.	Please click the suggestion dropdown button and select the entity.

Examples

The example assumes that you have configured & authorized a valid Sharepoint Online Account (see SharePoint Online Account).

The following SharePoint Online - Delete Item snap and pipeline shows how to delete a specified item. This example will upload a file to the SharePoint Online and then performs the same item to delete.