(DataFlex) Azure Storage: Download Blob to File

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Sample code to download an Azure blob to a file.

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iPort
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vAzAuth
    Handle hoAzAuth
    Variant vFileStream
    Handle hoFileStream
    Integer iExpectedStatus
    String sResponseStr
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    Move True To iBTls
    Move 443 To iPort
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "chilkat.blob.core.windows.net" iPort iBTls iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatAuthAzureStorage)) To hoAzAuth
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAzAuth))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoAzAuth
    End
    Set ComAccessKey Of hoAzAuth To "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    Set ComAccount Of hoAzAuth To "chilkat"
    Set ComScheme Of hoAzAuth To "SharedKey"
    Set ComService Of hoAzAuth To "Blob"
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    Set ComXMsVersion Of hoAzAuth To "2021-08-06"
    Get pvComObject of hoAzAuth to vAzAuth
    Get ComSetAuthAzureStorage Of hoRest vAzAuth To iSuccess

    // 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.

    // Setup a file stream for the download
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStream)) To hoFileStream
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoFileStream))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoFileStream
    End
    Set ComSinkFile Of hoFileStream To "C:/temp/qa_output/starfish.jpg"

    // Indicate that the call to FullRequestNoBody should send the response body
    // to fileStream if the response status code is 200.
    // If a non-success response status code is received, then nothing
    // is streamed to the output file and the error response is returned by FullRequestNoBody.
    Move 200 To iExpectedStatus
    Get pvComObject of hoFileStream to vFileStream
    Get ComSetResponseBodyStream Of hoRest iExpectedStatus True vFileStream To iSuccess

    // The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "starfish.jpg"
    Get ComFullRequestNoBody Of hoRest "GET" "/test/starfish.jpg" To sResponseStr
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoRest To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin

        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "response status code = " iTemp1
        Get ComResponseStatusText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response status text = " sTemp1
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response header: " sTemp1
        Showln "response body (if any): " sResponseStr
        Showln "---"
        Get ComLastRequestStartLine Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestStartLine: " sTemp1
        Get ComLastRequestHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestHeader: " sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln "Success."


End_Procedure