(C++) Azure Storage: Download Binary Blob to Memory

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Sample code to download an Azure blob to a Chilkat BinData object, from which the contents can be accessed by your application.

For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-blob

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // 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.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    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("Blob");
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.put_XMsVersion("2021-08-06");
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

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

    // The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "starfish.jpg"
    CkBinData bd;
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET","/test/starfish.jpg",bd);
    if (success == false) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        std::cout << "response status code = " << rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "response status text = " << rest.responseStatusText() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "response header: " << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "---" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "LastRequestStartLine: " << rest.lastRequestStartLine() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "LastRequestHeader: " << rest.lastRequestHeader() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = bd.WriteFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg");

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }