Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Set Container ACL

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to set the permissions of a container. 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.Prng,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage,
  Chilkat.Xml,
  Chilkat.CkDateTime;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  bTls: Boolean;
  port: Integer;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  azAuth: TAuthAzureStorage;
  prng: TPrng;
  randomId: string;
  dt: TCkDateTime;
  bLocal: Boolean;
  curDtStr: string;
  expireDtStr: string;
  xml: TXml;
  xSignedId: TXml;
  xAccessPolicy: TXml;
  responseStr: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Azure Blob Service Example: Set Container ACL
  //  See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179391.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.

  //  The XML body of the request will look like this:

  //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  //  <SignedIdentifiers>
  //    <SignedIdentifier> 
  //      <Id>unique-character-value-of-up-to-64-chars</Id>
  //      <AccessPolicy>
  //        <Start>start-time</Start>
  //        <Expiry>expiry-time</Expiry>
  //        <Permission>abbreviated-permission-list</Permission>
  //      </AccessPolicy>
  //    </SignedIdentifier>
  //  </SignedIdentifiers>

  //  Generate a random 32-character string.
  prng := TPrng.Create;
  randomId := prng.RandomString(32,True,True,True);

  //  Get the current system date/time in ISO 8061 format
  dt := TCkDateTime.Create;
  dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
  bLocal := False;
  //  Get the current date/time in ISO 8061 UTC format.
  curDtStr := dt.GetAsTimestamp(bLocal);
  //  The expire time will be 365 days in the future.
  success := dt.AddDays(365);
  expireDtStr := dt.GetAsTimestamp(bLocal);

  //  Build the request:
  xml := TXml.Create;
  xml.Tag := 'SignedIdentifiers';
  xSignedId := xml.NewChild('SignedIdentifier','');
  xSignedId.NewChild2('Id',randomId);
  xAccessPolicy := xSignedId.NewChild('AccessPolicy','');
  xAccessPolicy.NewChild2('Start',curDtStr);
  xAccessPolicy.NewChild2('Expiry',expireDtStr);
  xAccessPolicy.NewChild2('Permission','rwd');
  xAccessPolicy.Free;
  xSignedId.Free;

  //  Show the XML..
  WriteLn(xml.GetXml());

  //  The expected response is a 200 response status code with no response body.
  responseStr := rest.FullRequestString('PUT','/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=acl',xml.GetXml());
  if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
  //  with no response body.

  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);
      WriteLn('response body (if any): ' + responseStr);
      WriteLn('---');
      WriteLn('LastRequestStartLine: ' + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
      WriteLn('LastRequestHeader: ' + rest.LastRequestHeader);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Success.');


  rest.Free;
  azAuth.Free;
  prng.Free;
  dt.Free;
  xml.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.