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Overview

You can use this Snap to delete items from the SharePoint Online document library.

Prerequisites

Valid SharePoint Online tenant and associated site.
Valid Azure application with all the required API permissions.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Works in Ultra Pipelines.

To know the list of Snaps that work in Ultra and the related caveats, see Snap Support for Ultra Pipelines.

Limitations and Known Issues

None.

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

An input document contains the data that need to be deleted.

Output

Document

Min:1
Max:1

Mapper Snap
Copy Snap
CSV Parser
JSON Parser

An output document contains 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. The name of a site that contains the list of document library to be used in the subsequent settings.	N/A	MySite
Custom Site Path	Check-box	Page lookup error: page "SharePoint unsafe-Online - Get Item" not found. If you're experiencing issues please see our Troubleshooting Guide.	Not Selected	Selected
Document Library	String	Required. This property enables you to select a drive representing the top-level container for a file system, such as OneDrive or SharePoint document libraries. This field populates dynamically from different sites via the suggestion drop-down. You can either choose a document library from the suggestion drop-down or enter the entity name manually. Note If you enable the Site property as an expression, then the document library is not suggested, resulting in an exception.	N/A	Shared Documents
Source file path	String	Required. The item 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	You can use this fieldset to influence connection properties to the SharePoint Online APIs. This fieldset comprises the following fields: Connection timeout Number of retries Retry interval (seconds)
Connection timeout	Integer	Required. Enables you to set the connection timeout duration in seconds.	30	30
Number of retries	Integer	Required. Enables you to set the maximum number of re-connections in case of connection failure or timeout.	1	1
Retry interval (seconds)	Integer	Required. Enables you to set the time interval in seconds between connection attempts.	10	10
Snap Execution	String	Specify the required Pipeline 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	Validate & Execute

For more information on how to delete an item in the SharePoint Online refer to the graph API in driveItem-delete.

Troubleshooting

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

Examples

Deleting an Item

This example demonstrates how to delete a specified item. This example will upload a file to the SharePoint Online and then performs the same item to delete. The example assumes that you have configured & authorized a valid SharePoint Online Account (see SharePoint Online Account).

The following screenshot displays the settings of the SharePoint Online - Delete Item Snap.

After successfully validating/executing the above Snap, the results display in the following output preview.

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Release	Snap Pack Version	Date	Type	Updates
February 2024	main168	14 Feb 2024	Stable	Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.
November 2023	main155	08 Nov 2023	Stable	Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.
August 2023	main150	20 Oct 2023	Latest	Added pagination in the List Read Items Snap. Also added suggestions for the List name field.
August 2023	main144	28 Sep 2023	Latest	The Upload File Snap now supports files larger than 2 GB.
August 2023	main138	16 Aug 2023	Stable	Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.
May 2023	main130	10 May 2023	Stable	Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
February 2023	main114	09 Feb 2023	Stable	Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
November 2022	main113	10 Nov 2022	Stable	Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
August 2022	main111	11 Aug 2022	Stable	Added the SharePoint Online Application Account type that supports Client Credentials flow.
4.29	main108	14 May 2022	Stable	Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.28 Patches	main101	06 Apr 2022	Latest	Fixed the Auto Refresh Token issue in the SharePoint Online Account.
4.28	main100	12 Feb 2022	Stable	Added the SharePoint Online - Get Sites Snap that enables you to get the list of sites specific to the logged-in user from the SharePoint Online site.
4.27	main93	13 Nov 2021	Stable	Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.26	main89	30 Aug 2021	Latest	Enhanced all Snaps in the SharePoint Online Snap Pack to support dynamic site and document library values using input document variables.
4.26	main88	14 Aug 2021	Stable	Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.25	main75	08 May 2021	Stable	No updates made.
4.24	main75	13 Feb 2021	Stable	No updates made.
4.23	main74	02 Dec 2020	Latest	Fixes the error view issue in SharePoint Online - Upload File Snap by dragging a new instance of SharePoint Online - Upload File Snap to the canvas as the existing Snap that was used with a version that contained the bug will continue to fail.
4.23	main74	16 Nov 2020	Latest	Fixes the socket timeout issue in the Snap Pack by making the following changes: Modifies the code to return the `ProxyHttpClient` instead of the basic HTTP client and handle the custom `siteName`. Fixes the broken `JUnit` and code for pagination in the SharePoint Online - List Read Items Snap.
4.23	main73	15 Nov 2020	Latest	Introduces a new Snap, SharePoint Online - List Read Items Snap, that enables you to read, sort, and filter list items from your SharePoint Online libraries/collections.
4.22 Patches	main39	23 Oct 2020	Stable	Fixes the Snap document link for SharePoint Online - List Read Items.
4.22-Patches	422patches6694	14 Sep 2020	Latest	Fixes the List Read Snap NPE(null pointer exception) failure, when the List Name field is empty. Fixes the Search Items Snap issue by providing the same result set when more than one document is passed.
4.22	main6403	08 Aug 2020	Stable	No updates made.
4.21-Patches	421patches6011	23 Jun 2020	Latest Stable	Introduces the productized version of SharePoint Online Snap Pack, which enables organizations to share and manage content and collaborate across an organization
4.21	`snapsmrc535`	10 May 2020	Latest	Beta release of the SharePoint Online Snap Pack

SharePoint Online - Delete Item