(Java) Download a Binary File into Memory

Downloads a binary file into memory.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // Azure File Service Example: Download a Binary File to Memory
    // 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 = new CkRest();

    // 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".
    boolean success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
    CkAuthAzureStorage azAuth = new CkAuthAzureStorage();
    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 "penguins.jpg" to a BinData object.
    // (The share name is "pip")
    CkBinData bdFileContents = new CkBinData();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET","/pip/wildlife/antarctic/penguins.jpg",bdFileContents);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // When successful, the response status will be 200.
    // If a non-success status code is returned, then the bdFileContents actually contains the XML error message.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        System.out.println("response status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        System.out.println("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        System.out.println("response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        CkStringBuilder sbXmlErr = new CkStringBuilder();
        sbXmlErr.AppendBd(bdFileContents,"utf-8",0,0);
        System.out.println("response body (if any): " + sbXmlErr.getAsString());
        System.out.println("---");
        System.out.println("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine());
        System.out.println("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Size of the downloaded file = " + bdFileContents.get_NumBytes());

    // See the online reference documentation for the BinData class for ways
    // to access the bytes.

    bdFileContents.WriteFile("qa_output/penguins.jpg");
  }
}