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Azure Storage: Download Binary Blob to Memory

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Sample code to download an Azure blob to a Chilkat BinData object, from which the contents can be accessed by your application. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oAzAuth
LOCAL oBd

nSuccess := 0

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
nBTls := 1
nPort := 443
nBAutoReconnect := 1
//  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net", nPort, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
oAzAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage")
oAzAuth:AccessKey := "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
//  The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
oAzAuth:Account := "chilkat"
oAzAuth:Scheme := "SharedKey"
oAzAuth:Service := "Blob"
//  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
oAzAuth:XMsVersion := "2021-08-06"
nSuccess := oRest:SetAuthAzureStorage(oAzAuth)

//  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.

//  The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "starfish.jpg"
oBd := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
nSuccess := oRest:FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET", "/test/starfish.jpg", oBd)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "---"
    ? "LastRequestStartLine: " + oRest:LastRequestStartLine
    ? "LastRequestHeader: " + oRest:LastRequestHeader
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    oBd:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oBd:WriteFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg")

? "Success."

oRest:destroy()
oAzAuth:destroy()
oBd:destroy()