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Azure Storage: Delete Container

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to mark a container for deletion. The container and any blobs contained within it are later deleted during garbage collection.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // Azure Blob Service Example: Delete Container
    // See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179408.aspx

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    success = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAzureStorage azAuth = new CkAuthAzureStorage();
    azAuth.put_AccessKey("AZURE_ACCESS_KEY");
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    azAuth.put_Account("chilkat");
    azAuth.put_Scheme("SharedKey");
    azAuth.put_Service("Blob");
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.put_XMsVersion("2021-08-06");
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

    // Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
    // headers: x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
    // are automatically set by Chilkat.

    // To call Delete Container on a container that has an active lease, specify the lease ID in this header. 
    // If this header is not specified when there is an active lease, Delete Container will return 409 (Conflict). 
    // If you specify the wrong lease ID, or a lease ID on a container that does not have an active lease, 
    // Delete Container will return 412 (Precondition failed).

    // IMPORTANT: Delete this line, or insert a valid lease ID, otherwise the request
    // will fail with a 400 status code..
    success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-id","SOME_LEASE_ID");

    // The expected success response is a 202 response status code with no response body.
    // In this example, the container to be deleted is named "mycontainer".
    String responseStr = rest.fullRequestNoBody("DELETE","/mycontainer?restype=container");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 202 response code,
    // with no response body.

    // If the container with the same name already exists, then the operation will fail.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 202) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        System.out.println("response status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        System.out.println("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        System.out.println("response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        System.out.println("response body (if any): " + responseStr);
        System.out.println("---");
        System.out.println("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine());
        System.out.println("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Success: Container marked for deletion.");
  }
}