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Upload File in Blocks (with Content-MD5 header) and Commit the Block List

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Demonstrates how to upload a file in blocks and then commit the block list. This example includes a Content-MD5 header for each block.

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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.FileAccess,
  Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.BinData,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder,
  Chilkat.Xml,
  Chilkat.Crypt2;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  bTls: Boolean;
  port: Integer;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  azAuth: TAuthAzureStorage;
  xml: TXml;
  fac: TFileAccess;
  blockSize: Integer;
  numBlocks: Integer;
  crypt: TCrypt2;
  sbResponseBody: TStringBuilder;
  uriPath: TStringBuilder;
  blockId: string;
  dataBlock: TBinData;
  contentMd5: string;
  i: Integer;
  xmlStr: string;
  responseStr: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Azure Blob Service Example: Upload a file in blocks, and then commit the block list.
  //  See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd135726.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: Content-Length, x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
  //  are automatically set by Chilkat.

  //  As the blocks are uploaded, we'll keep an XML block list for the subsequent commit..
  xml := TXml.Create;
  xml.Tag := 'BlockList';

  //  Any type of file can be uploaded in this way.  It can a text file, binary file, anything...
  //  This example will upload an XML file that is approximately 275K in size.  It can be downloaded
  //  at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml
  fac := TFileAccess.Create;
  success := fac.OpenForRead('qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml');
  //  Assuming success for the example..

  //  We'll upload in 16K blocks (normally a program would upload in larger block sizes than this,
  //  but this is just an example...)
  blockSize := 16384;

  //  How many 16K blocks?  (Including 1 for the last partial block)
  numBlocks := fac.GetNumBlocks(blockSize);

  crypt := TCrypt2.Create;
  crypt.HashAlgorithm := 'md5';

  sbResponseBody := TStringBuilder.Create;
  uriPath := TStringBuilder.Create;

  dataBlock := TBinData.Create;

  i := 0;
  while i < numBlocks do
    begin

      dataBlock.Clear();
      success := fac.ReadBlockBd(i,blockSize,dataBlock);
      if (success = False) then
        begin
          WriteLn(fac.LastErrorText);
          Exit;
        end;

      //  Generate a base64 block ID.  
      //  (Chilkat provides a helper method named GenBlockId to make this easy)
      //  A pre-base64 encoded block ID length of 4 is sufficient in this case because
      //  this file certainly won't have more than 99,999 blocks..
      blockId := fac.GenBlockId(i,4,'base64');

      //  Add this blockId to the list of blocks to be committed.
      xml.NewChild2('Latest',blockId);

      //  Build the URI path
      uriPath.Clear();
      success := uriPath.Append('/mycontainer/hamlet.xml?comp=block&blockId=');
      success := uriPath.Append(blockId);

      contentMd5 := crypt.HashBdENC(dataBlock);
      rest.AddHeader('Content-MD5',contentMd5);

      //  Upload this block..
      sbResponseBody.Clear();
      success := rest.FullRequestBd('PUT',uriPath.GetAsString(),dataBlock,sbResponseBody);
      if (success = False) then
        begin
          WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
          Exit;
        end;

      //  Verify that we received a 201 status code.
      if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) 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): ' + sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
          WriteLn('---');
          WriteLn('LastRequestStartLine: ' + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
          WriteLn('LastRequestHeader: ' + rest.LastRequestHeader);
          Exit;
        end;

      i := i + 1;
    end;

  fac.FileClose();

  //  Now commit the blocks.
  //  Let's have a look at the XML that will commit the blocks:
  xmlStr := xml.GetXml();
  WriteLn(xmlStr);

  //  The XML will look like this:

  //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  //  <BlockList>
  //      <Latest>MDAwMA==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwMQ==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwMg==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwMw==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwNA==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwNQ==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwNg==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwNw==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwOA==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAwOQ==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxMA==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxMQ==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxMg==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxMw==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxNA==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxNQ==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxNg==</Latest>
  //      <Latest>MDAxNw==</Latest>
  //  </BlockList>

  //  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  //  IMPORTANT: Remove the Content-MD5 header previously set in the loop above.
  //  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  rest.RemoveHeader('Content-MD5');

  //  Send the PUT Block List...
  responseStr := rest.FullRequestString('PUT','/mycontainer/hamlet.xml?comp=blocklist',xmlStr);
  if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 201 response status code,
  //  with no response body.

  if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) 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.');


  rest.Free;
  azAuth.Free;
  xml.Free;
  fac.Free;
  crypt.Free;
  sbResponseBody.Free;
  uriPath.Free;
  dataBlock.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.