Delphi DLL

Azure Storage Blob Simple Upload

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Demonstrates the simplest possible upload to Azure Storage. The contents of a string variable are uploaded to a blob file in Azure Cloud Storage. Delphi DLL

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

...

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

begin
success := False;

// 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.blob.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 call.
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,'Blob');
// This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
CkAuthAzureStorage_putXMsVersion(azAuth,'2021-08-06');
success := CkRest_SetAuthAzureStorage(rest,azAuth);

// Set some request headers.
success := CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'x-ms-blob-content-disposition','attachment; filename="helloWorld.txt"');
success := CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'x-ms-blob-type','BlockBlob');
success := CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'x-ms-meta-m1','v1');
success := CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'x-ms-meta-m2','v2');

// Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
// headers: x-ms-date, Authorization, and Content-Length.  These headers
// are automatically set by Chilkat.

// Upload the string "Hello World!" to the file named "helloWorld.txt" located in the container named "test".
responseStr := CkRest__fullRequestString(rest,'PUT','/test/helloWorld.txt','Hello World!');
if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 201 response code,
// with an empty body.  Therefore, in the success condition, the responseStr is empty.
if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) = 201) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('File uploaded.');
  end
else
  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): ' + responseStr);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestStartLine: ' + CkRest__lastRequestStartLine(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestHeader: ' + CkRest__lastRequestHeader(rest));
  end;

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkAuthAzureStorage_Dispose(azAuth);

end;