(JavaScript) Download a Text File into a String

Downloads a text file to a string variable.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

// Azure File Service Example: Download Text File into String
// See:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-file

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

var rest = new CkRest();

// Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
var bTls = true;
var port = 443;
var bAutoReconnect = true;
// In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
var azAuth = new CkAuthAzureStorage();
azAuth.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.Account = "chilkat";
azAuth.Scheme = "SharedKey";
azAuth.Service = "File";
// This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.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.

// Send a GET request to download the file "hamlet.xml" to a StringBuilder object.
// (The share name is "pip")
var sbFileContents = new CkStringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/pip/xmlFiles/hamlet.xml",sbFileContents);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// When successful, the response status will be 200.
// If a non-success status code is returned, then the sbFileContents actually contains the XML error message.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    console.log("response status code = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
    console.log("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    console.log("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    console.log("response body (if any): " + sbFileContents.GetAsString());
    console.log("---");
    console.log("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    console.log("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader);
    return;
}

console.log("Length of downloaded string = " + sbFileContents.Length);

var strFileContents = sbFileContents.GetAsString();
console.log(strFileContents);

sbFileContents.WriteFile("qa_output/hamlet.xml","utf-8",false);