C++

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. C++

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // 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".
    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);

    // Set some request headers.
    success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-blob-content-disposition","attachment; filename=\"hamlet.xml\"");
    success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-blob-type","BlockBlob");
    success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-meta-m1","v1");
    success = rest.AddHeader("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.

    CkStream fileStream;
    fileStream.put_SourceFile("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".
    const char *responseStr = rest.fullRequestStream("PUT","/test/hamlet.xml",fileStream);
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        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 (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() == 201) {
        std::cout << "File uploaded." << "\r\n";
    }
    else {
        // 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 << "response body (if any): " << responseStr << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "---" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "LastRequestStartLine: " << rest.lastRequestStartLine() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "LastRequestHeader: " << rest.lastRequestHeader() << "\r\n";
    }
    }