CkPython

Download a Text File into a String

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Downloads a text file to a string variable. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

# Azure File Service Example: Download Text File into String
# 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 = chilkat.CkRest()

# 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 != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
azAuth = chilkat.CkAuthAzureStorage()
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("File")
# 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.

# Send a GET request to download the file "hamlet.xml" to a StringBuilder object.
# (The share name is "pip")
sbFileContents = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/pip/xmlFiles/hamlet.xml",sbFileContents)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# When successful, the response status will be 200.
# If a non-success status code is returned, then the sbFileContents actually contains the XML error message.
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200):
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText())
    print("response header: " + rest.responseHeader())
    print("response body (if any): " + sbFileContents.getAsString())
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine())
    print("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader())
    sys.exit()

print("Length of downloaded string = " + str(sbFileContents.get_Length()))

strFileContents = sbFileContents.getAsString()
print(strFileContents)

sbFileContents.WriteFile("qa_output/hamlet.xml","utf-8",False)