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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.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oAzAuth
LOCAL cResponseStr

nSuccess := 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.

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: 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..
nSuccess := oRest: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".
cResponseStr := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("DELETE", "/mycontainer?restype=container")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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 (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 202)
    //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response body (if any): " + cResponseStr
    ? "---"
    ? "LastRequestStartLine: " + oRest:LastRequestStartLine
    ? "LastRequestHeader: " + oRest:LastRequestHeader
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Success: Container marked for deletion."

oRest:destroy()
oAzAuth:destroy()