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Azure Create Storage Account

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Demonstrates how to create an Azure storage account.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- Load an OAuth2 access token previously fetched by this example:  Get Azure OAuth2 Access Token
local jsonToken = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local success = jsonToken:load_file("qa_data/tokens/azureToken.json")
-- Assuming success..
http.auth_token = jsonToken:string_of("access_token")
print("AuthToken: " .. http.auth_token)

http.accept = "application/json"

-- Create the following JSON:

-- {
--   "sku": {
--     "name": "Standard_GRS"
--   },
--   "kind": "StorageV2",
--   "location": "eastus2",
-- }

-- Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON:
-- Generate Code to Create JSON

local jsonRequestBody = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
jsonRequestBody:update_string("sku.name", "Standard_GRS")
jsonRequestBody:update_string("kind", "StorageV2")
jsonRequestBody:update_string("location", "eastus2")

local url = "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/{accountName}?api-version=2018-02-01"

local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
success = http:http_json("PUT", url, jsonRequestBody, "application/json", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Response Status Code: " .. resp.status_code)

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:load(resp.body_str)
json.emit_compact = false
print(json:emit())

if resp.status_code >= 300 then
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

-- Successful requests to create a new account return a 202 status code with an empty response body. The storage account is created asynchronously.
-- If the account already exists or is being provisioned, the request response has a 200 return code with the configuration of the existing storage account in the response body.
if resp.status_code == 202 then
    print("Azure-AsyncOperation: " .. resp:get_header_field("Azure-AsyncOperation"))
end

if resp.status_code == 200 then
    -- Parse a response like this:

    --     {
    --       "sku": {
    --         "name": "Standard_GRS",
    --         "tier": "Standard"
    --       },
    --       "kind": "StorageV2",
    --       "id": "/subscriptions/6c42643b-ebef-45f0-b917-b3583b84a57f/resourceGroups/gChilkat/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/chilkatsoftware",
    --       "name": "chilkatsoftware",
    --       "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
    --       "location": "eastus2",
    --       "tags": {},
    --       "properties": {
    --         "networkAcls": {
    --           "bypass": "AzureServices",
    --           "virtualNetworkRules": [
    --           ],
    --           "ipRules": [
    --           ],
    --           "defaultAction": "Allow"
    --         },
    --         "supportsHttpsTrafficOnly": false,
    --         "encryption": {
    --           "services": {
    --             "file": {
    --               "enabled": true,
    --               "lastEnabledTime": "2019-05-14T22:18:33.2246670Z"
    --             },
    --             "blob": {
    --               "enabled": true,
    --               "lastEnabledTime": "2019-05-14T22:18:33.2246670Z"
    --             }
    --           },
    --           "keySource": "Microsoft.Storage"
    --         },
    --         "accessTier": "Hot",
    --         "provisioningState": "Succeeded",
    --
    --         "creationTime": "2019-05-14T22:18:33.1309165Z",
    --         "primaryEndpoints": {
    --           "dfs": "https://chilkatsoftware.dfs.core.windows.net/",
    --           "web": "https://chilkatsoftware.z20.web.core.windows.net/",
    --           "blob": "https://chilkatsoftware.blob.core.windows.net/",
    --           "queue": "https://chilkatsoftware.queue.core.windows.net/",
    --           "table": "https://chilkatsoftware.table.core.windows.net/",
    --           "file": "https://chilkatsoftware.file.core.windows.net/"
    --         },
    --         "primaryLocation": "eastus2",
    --         "statusOfPrimary": "available",
    --         "secondaryLocation": "centralus",
    --         "statusOfSecondary": "available"
    --       }
    --     }

    -- Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    -- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    local i = 0
    local count_i = 0

    local skuName = json:string_of("sku.name")
    local skuTier = json:string_of("sku.tier")
    local kind = json:string_of("kind")
    local id = json:string_of("id")
    local name = json:string_of("name")
    local v_type = json:string_of("type")
    local location = json:string_of("location")
    local propertiesNetworkAclsBypass = json:string_of("properties.networkAcls.bypass")
    local propertiesNetworkAclsDefaultAction = json:string_of("properties.networkAcls.defaultAction")
    local propertiesSupportsHttpsTrafficOnly = json:bool_of("properties.supportsHttpsTrafficOnly")
    local propertiesEncryptionServicesFileEnabled = json:bool_of("properties.encryption.services.file.enabled")
    local propertiesEncryptionServicesFileLastEnabledTime = json:string_of("properties.encryption.services.file.lastEnabledTime")
    local propertiesEncryptionServicesBlobEnabled = json:bool_of("properties.encryption.services.blob.enabled")
    local propertiesEncryptionServicesBlobLastEnabledTime = json:string_of("properties.encryption.services.blob.lastEnabledTime")
    local propertiesEncryptionKeySource = json:string_of("properties.encryption.keySource")
    local propertiesAccessTier = json:string_of("properties.accessTier")
    local propertiesProvisioningState = json:string_of("properties.provisioningState")
    local propertiesCreationTime = json:string_of("properties.creationTime")
    local propertiesPrimaryEndpointsDfs = json:string_of("properties.primaryEndpoints.dfs")
    local propertiesPrimaryEndpointsWeb = json:string_of("properties.primaryEndpoints.web")
    local propertiesPrimaryEndpointsBlob = json:string_of("properties.primaryEndpoints.blob")
    local propertiesPrimaryEndpointsQueue = json:string_of("properties.primaryEndpoints.queue")
    local propertiesPrimaryEndpointsTable = json:string_of("properties.primaryEndpoints.table")
    local propertiesPrimaryEndpointsFile = json:string_of("properties.primaryEndpoints.file")
    local propertiesPrimaryLocation = json:string_of("properties.primaryLocation")
    local propertiesStatusOfPrimary = json:string_of("properties.statusOfPrimary")
    local propertiesSecondaryLocation = json:string_of("properties.secondaryLocation")
    local propertiesStatusOfSecondary = json:string_of("properties.statusOfSecondary")
end

print("Success.")