This the method available to delete multiple files in BFS. Since the mandatory BrickIds must be supplied in the FileInfoDelete one should always get the information of this via GetFileList.

Filter inputs

Name	Type	Description	Mandatory	Available from version

Name	Type	Description	Mandatory	Available from version
FileInfoDeletes	FileInfoGeneral[]	The information needed to delete a file, in this case the BrickId property of FileInfoGeneral is mandatory		2023-04-19

Response rows (Array)

Name	Type	Description	Available from version

Name	Type	Description	Available from version
Message	String	The result of the operation(success="OK")

Code examples

C# example

var client = new BFSServiceReference.bfsapiSoapClient();
var credentials = new BFSServiceReference.Credentials()
{
    UserName = bfsusername, //Username of administrative user in your instance of BFS
    Password = bfspassword, //Password of the administrative user in your instance of BFS
};
Guid oG = new Guid("39bc0ada-3c40-4866-81cd-04bbc77b998b"); //previously fetched
DeleteFilesRequest oReq = new DeleteFilesRequest();
oReq.Credentials = credentials;
oReq.identify = Identify; //Unique token to identify
oReq.FileInfoDeletes = new[] 
{
  new FileInfoGeneral
  {
    BrickId = oG
  }
};
DeleteFileResponse oRep = client.DeleteFiles(oReq);
if (oRep.Message=="OK")
{
Console.Writeline("Files deleted successfully");
}
else
{
Console.Writeline(string.format("Delete of files not successful: {0}", Rep.Message));
}

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