Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  bTls: Boolean;
  port: Integer;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  azAuth: TAuthAzureStorage;
  responseStr: string;

begin
  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.

  rest := TRest.Create;

  //  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
  bTls := True;
  port := 443;
  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) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
  azAuth := TAuthAzureStorage.Create;
  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 := 'Blob';
  //  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.

  //  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".
  responseStr := rest.FullRequestNoBody('DELETE','/mycontainer?restype=container');
  if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  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.ResponseStatusCode <> 202) then
    begin
      //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
      WriteLn('response status code = ' + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
      WriteLn('response status text = ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
      WriteLn('response header: ' + rest.ResponseHeader);
      WriteLn('response body (if any): ' + responseStr);
      WriteLn('---');
      WriteLn('LastRequestStartLine: ' + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
      WriteLn('LastRequestHeader: ' + rest.LastRequestHeader);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Success: Container marked for deletion.');


  rest.Free;
  azAuth.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.