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Overview

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

Prerequisites

Support for 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/OutputType of ViewNumber of ViewsExamples of Upstream and Downstream SnapsDescription
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 NameData TypeDescriptionDefault ValueExample 

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 PathCheck-boxNot SelectedSelected

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.

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

IntegerRequired. Enables you to set the connection timeout duration in seconds.3030

Number of retries

IntegerRequired. Enables you to set the maximum number of re-connections in case of connection failure or timeout.11

Retry interval (seconds)

IntegerRequired. Enables you to set the time interval in seconds between connection attempts.1010

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

ErrorReasonResolution

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.

Download this Pipeline.

Downloads

  1. Download and import the Pipeline into SnapLogic.
  2. Configure Snap accounts as applicable.
  3. Furnish Pipeline parameters as applicable.

See Also