(MFC) Download a Text File into a String

Downloads a text file to a string variable.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkAuthAzureStorage.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // 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.

    CkRest rest;

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    bool success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
    CkAuthAzureStorage azAuth;
    azAuth.put_AccessKey("AZURE_ACCESS_KEY");
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    azAuth.put_Account("chilkat");
    azAuth.put_Scheme("SharedKey");
    azAuth.put_Service("File");
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.put_XMsVersion("2020-08-04");
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(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")
    CkStringBuilder sbFileContents;
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/pip/xmlFiles/hamlet.xml",sbFileContents);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // 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 (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        strOut.append("response status code = ");
        strOut.appendInt(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("response status text = ");
        strOut.append(rest.responseStatusText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("response header: ");
        strOut.append(rest.responseHeader());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("response body (if any): ");
        strOut.append(sbFileContents.getAsString());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("---");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("LastRequestStartLine: ");
        strOut.append(rest.lastRequestStartLine());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("LastRequestHeader: ");
        strOut.append(rest.lastRequestHeader());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append("Length of downloaded string = ");
    strOut.appendInt(sbFileContents.get_Length());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    const char *strFileContents = sbFileContents.getAsString();
    strOut.append(strFileContents);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    sbFileContents.WriteFile("qa_output/hamlet.xml","utf-8",false);


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }