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REST File Streaming Upload

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Demonstrates how to stream the REST body from a file. This example demonstrates a REST upload to the Azure Cloud Storage service.

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C
#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAzureStorage.h>
#include <C_CkStream.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkAuthAzureStorage azAuth;
    HCkStream fileStream;
    const char *responseStr;

    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) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    // 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=\"hamlet.xml\"");
    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.

    fileStream = CkStream_Create();
    CkStream_putSourceFile(fileStream,"qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml");

    // Upload to the Azure Cloud Storage service.
    // The file is streamed, so the full file never has to completely reside in memory.
    // The file is uploaded to the container named "test".
    responseStr = CkRest_fullRequestStream(rest,"PUT","/test/hamlet.xml",fileStream);
    if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAzureStorage_Dispose(azAuth);
        CkStream_Dispose(fileStream);
        return;
    }

    // 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) {
        printf("File uploaded.\n");
    }
    else {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        printf("response status code = %d\n",CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        printf("response status text = %s\n",CkRest_responseStatusText(rest));
        printf("response header: %s\n",CkRest_responseHeader(rest));
        printf("response body (if any): %s\n",responseStr);
        printf("---\n");
        printf("LastRequestStartLine: %s\n",CkRest_lastRequestStartLine(rest));
        printf("LastRequestHeader: %s\n",CkRest_lastRequestHeader(rest));
    }



    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAzureStorage_Dispose(azAuth);
    CkStream_Dispose(fileStream);

    }