Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Download a Binary File into Memory

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Downloads a binary file into memory. 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.BinData,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  bTls: Boolean;
  port: Integer;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  azAuth: TAuthAzureStorage;
  bdFileContents: TBinData;
  sbXmlErr: TStringBuilder;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Azure File Service Example: Download a Binary File to Memory
  //  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.

  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.file.core.windows.net',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
  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 := '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 "penguins.jpg" to a BinData object.
  //  (The share name is "pip")
  bdFileContents := TBinData.Create;
  success := rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd('GET','/pip/wildlife/antarctic/penguins.jpg',bdFileContents);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  When successful, the response status will be 200.
  //  If a non-success status code is returned, then the bdFileContents actually contains the XML error message.
  if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) 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);
      sbXmlErr := TStringBuilder.Create;
      sbXmlErr.AppendBd(bdFileContents,'utf-8',0,0);
      WriteLn('response body (if any): ' + sbXmlErr.GetAsString());
      WriteLn('---');
      WriteLn('LastRequestStartLine: ' + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
      WriteLn('LastRequestHeader: ' + rest.LastRequestHeader);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Size of the downloaded file = ' + bdFileContents.NumBytes);

  //  See the online reference documentation for the BinData class for ways
  //  to access the bytes.

  bdFileContents.WriteFile('qa_output/penguins.jpg');


  rest.Free;
  azAuth.Free;
  bdFileContents.Free;
      sbXmlErr.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.