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Adding x-ms-range header to Azure Blob Download

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Demonstrates how to add an x-ms-range header to an Azure blob download.

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Chilkat2 Java
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.AuthAzureStorage;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Rest rest = new Rest();

        // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
        boolean bTls = true;
        int port = 443;
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
        try {
            rest.connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
        AuthAzureStorage azAuth = new AuthAzureStorage();
        azAuth.setAccessKey("AZURE_ACCESS_KEY");
        // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
        azAuth.setAccount("chilkat");
        azAuth.setScheme("SharedKey");
        azAuth.setService("Blob");
        // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
        azAuth.setXMsVersion("2021-08-06");
        rest.setAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

        // 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.

        // Add the x-ms-range header.
        // See x-ms-range Header Format
        // The file we're downloading contains "Hello World!", so we'll download just the "World!" part..
        rest.addHeader("x-ms-range", "bytes=6-");

        // The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "helloWorld.txt"
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            rest.fullRequestNoBodySb("GET", "/test/helloWorld.txt", sb);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
            System.out.println("response status code = " + rest.getResponseStatusCode());
            System.out.println("response status text = " + rest.getResponseStatusText());
            System.out.println("response header: " + rest.getResponseHeader());
            System.out.println("---");
            System.out.println("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.getLastRequestStartLine());
            System.out.println("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.getLastRequestHeader());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(sb.getAsString());

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}