(Delphi ActiveX) Streaming Download Large File to the Local Filesystem

Downloads a large file in a streaming fashion to the local filesystem.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
success: Integer;
azAuth: TChilkatAuthAzureStorage;
responseStatusCode: Integer;
bodyStream: TChilkatStream;
errResponse: WideString;

begin
// Azure File Service Example: Downloads a large file to the local filesystem using a Chilkat stream.
// 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 := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

// Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
bTls := 1;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := 1;
// In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success := rest.Connect('chilkat.file.core.windows.net',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
azAuth := TChilkatAuthAzureStorage.Create(Self);
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: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.XMsVersion := '2021-08-06';
success := rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth.ControlInterface);

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

// When streaming a download to the local filesystem or directed elsewhere,
// the complete HTTP GET operation must be broken into parts.
// For example, an HTTP GET consists of sending the request, followed by reading the response header,
// and then finally the response body.  We'll want to read the response header, and then based
// on the information received (such as success or failure), either read the response body
// as an error message, or as the file data.

// Send the HTTP GET request to download the file.
// The share is named "pip".
success := rest.SendReqNoBody('GET','/pip/somethingBig.zip');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Read the response header.
responseStatusCode := rest.ReadResponseHeader();
if (responseStatusCode < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code = ' + IntToStr(responseStatusCode));

// We expect a 200 response status if the file data is coming.
// Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
if (responseStatusCode = 200) then
  begin

    bodyStream := TChilkatStream.Create(Self);

    // The stream's sink will be a file.
    bodyStream.SinkFile := 'qa_output/somethingBig.zip';

    // Read the response body to the stream.  Given that we've
    // set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
    // to the file.
    success := rest.ReadRespBodyStream(bodyStream.ControlInterface,1);
    if (success <> 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
        Exit;
      end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add('Successfully received the large file.');

  end
else
  begin
    errResponse := rest.ReadRespBodyString();
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
      end
    else
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(errResponse);
      end;
  end;
end;