Reference

Endpoint Empty trash

Name

empty_trash

Description

Empties trash [API reference]

Related Tables

Trash

Parameters

Parameter Required Options
Name: DriveType

Label: Drive Type

Default search context is User's drive. Bodies of items (files/documents) to which the query applies. Supported bodies are 'user', 'domain', 'drive', and 'allDrives'. Prefer 'user' or 'drive' to 'allDrives' for efficiency. By default, corpora is set to 'user'. However, this can change depending on the filter set through the 'Query' parameter. 		YES
Option Value
My Drive user
Shared Drive drive
Name: DriveId

Label: Shared DriveId

By default file lists from MyDrive but if you like to search other Shared drive (formally known as Team drive) then set this parameter.
Name: SupportsAllDrives

Label: Supports all drives (e.g. My and Shared)

Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
Option Value
true true
false false

Output Columns

Label Data Type (SSIS) Data Type (SQL) Length Description
Id DT_WSTR nvarchar(440) 440
Kind DT_WSTR nvarchar(200) 200
Name DT_WSTR nvarchar(780) 780
MimeType DT_WSTR nvarchar(650) 650
DriveId DT_WSTR nvarchar(4000) 4000
If the column you are looking for is missing, consider customizing Google Drive Connector.

Input Columns

Label Data Type (SSIS) Data Type (SQL) Length Description
There are no Static columns defined for this endpoint. This endpoint detects columns dynamically at runtime.

Examples

SSIS

Use Google Drive Connector in API Source or in API Destination SSIS Data Flow components to read or write data.

API Source

API Source - Google Drive
Read / write Google Drive data inside your app; perform many Google Drive operations without coding, just using easy to use high performance API Connector for Google Drive
Google Drive
Empty trash
There are no parameters to configure.
SSIS API Source - Read from table or endpoint

API Destination

This Endpoint belongs to the Trash table, therefore it is better to use it, instead of accessing the endpoint directly. Use this table and table-operation pair to empty trash:

API Destination - Google Drive
Read / write Google Drive data inside your app; perform many Google Drive operations without coding, just using easy to use high performance API Connector for Google Drive
Google Drive
Trash
Delete
There are no parameters to configure.
SSIS API Destination - Access table operation

ODBC application

Use these SQL queries in your ODBC application data source:

Empty trash bin

Empties trash bin 

DELETE FROM Trash

Empty trash bin for a shared drive

Empties trash bin for a specified shared drive 

DELETE FROM Trash
				WITH(
				    DriveType='drive'
				   ,DriveId='1j0HFOP4gsoExxxxxx' --get id from select * from SharedDrives
				 )

empty_trash endpoint belongs to Trash table(s), and can therefore be used via those table(s).

SQL Server

Use these SQL queries in SQL Server after you create a data source in Data Gateway:

Empty trash bin

Empties trash bin 

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'DELETE FROM Trash';

EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY];

Empty trash bin for a shared drive

Empties trash bin for a specified shared drive 

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'DELETE FROM Trash
				WITH(
				    DriveType=''drive''
				   ,DriveId=''1j0HFOP4gsoExxxxxx'' --get id from select * from SharedDrives
				 )';

EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LS_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_GATEWAY];

empty_trash endpoint belongs to Trash table(s), and can therefore be used via those table(s).