Perl

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. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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 = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
# In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
$success = $rest->Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = chilkat::CkAuthAzureStorage->new();
$azAuth->put_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->put_Account("chilkat");
$azAuth->put_Scheme("SharedKey");
$azAuth->put_Service("Blob");
# This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
$azAuth->put_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->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 202) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body (if any): " . $responseStr . "\r\n";
    print "---" . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestStartLine: " . $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestHeader: " . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success: Container marked for deletion." . "\r\n";