(Delphi DLL) Download a Text File into a String

Downloads a text file to a string variable.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, StringBuilder, Rest, AuthAzureStorage;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
rest: HCkRest;
bTls: Boolean;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
success: Boolean;
azAuth: HCkAuthAzureStorage;
sbFileContents: HCkStringBuilder;
strFileContents: PWideChar;

begin
// 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 := CkRest_Create();

// Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
bTls := True;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := True;
// In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'chilkat.file.core.windows.net',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
azAuth := CkAuthAzureStorage_Create();
CkAuthAzureStorage_putAccessKey(azAuth,'AZURE_ACCESS_KEY');
// The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
CkAuthAzureStorage_putAccount(azAuth,'chilkat');
CkAuthAzureStorage_putScheme(azAuth,'SharedKey');
CkAuthAzureStorage_putService(azAuth,'File');
// This causes the "x-ms-version: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
CkAuthAzureStorage_putXMsVersion(azAuth,'2020-08-04');
success := CkRest_SetAuthAzureStorage(rest,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 := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkRest_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,'GET','/pip/xmlFiles/hamlet.xml',sbFileContents);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// 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 (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 200) then
  begin
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status text = ' + CkRest__responseStatusText(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response header: ' + CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response body (if any): ' + CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbFileContents));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestStartLine: ' + CkRest__lastRequestStartLine(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestHeader: ' + CkRest__lastRequestHeader(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Length of downloaded string = ' + IntToStr(CkStringBuilder_getLength(sbFileContents)));

strFileContents := CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbFileContents);
Memo1.Lines.Add(strFileContents);

CkStringBuilder_WriteFile(sbFileContents,'qa_output/hamlet.xml','utf-8',False);

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkAuthAzureStorage_Dispose(azAuth);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbFileContents);

end;