(Chilkat2-Python) Download a Text File into a String

Downloads a text file to a string variable.

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import sys
import chilkat2

# 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.

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
# In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
azAuth = chilkat2.AuthAzureStorage()
azAuth.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.Account = "chilkat"
azAuth.Scheme = "SharedKey"
azAuth.Service = "File"
# This causes the "x-ms-version: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.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")
sbFileContents = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/pip/xmlFiles/hamlet.xml",sbFileContents)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# 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.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    print("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    print("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    print("response body (if any): " + sbFileContents.GetAsString())
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    print("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader)
    sys.exit()

print("Length of downloaded string = " + str(sbFileContents.Length))

strFileContents = sbFileContents.GetAsString()
print(strFileContents)

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