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Azure Storage: Delete Container

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to mark a container for deletion. The container and any blobs contained within it are later deleted during garbage collection.

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

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

    success = FALSE;

    // Azure Blob Service Example: Delete Container
    // See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179408.aspx

    // 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);

    // Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
    // headers: x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
    // are automatically set by Chilkat.

    // To call Delete Container on a container that has an active lease, specify the lease ID in this header. 
    // If this header is not specified when there is an active lease, Delete Container will return 409 (Conflict). 
    // If you specify the wrong lease ID, or a lease ID on a container that does not have an active lease, 
    // Delete Container will return 412 (Precondition failed).

    // IMPORTANT: Delete this line, or insert a valid lease ID, otherwise the request
    // will fail with a 400 status code..
    success = CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"x-ms-lease-id","SOME_LEASE_ID");

    // The expected success response is a 202 response status code with no response body.
    // In this example, the container to be deleted is named "mycontainer".
    responseStr = CkRest_fullRequestNoBody(rest,"DELETE","/mycontainer?restype=container");
    if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAzureStorage_Dispose(azAuth);
        return;
    }

    // When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 202 response code,
    // with no response body.

    // If the container with the same name already exists, then the operation will fail.
    if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 202) {
        // 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);
        return;
    }

    printf("Success: Container marked for deletion.\n");


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAzureStorage_Dispose(azAuth);

    }