(Delphi ActiveX) Azure Storage: Upload Binary Data to Block Blob

Sample code to upload binary bytes to a block blob in Azure Cloud Storage. This creates the block blob, or replaces an existing block blob.

Note: The maximum size of a block blob created by uploading in a single step is 64MB. For larger files, the upload must be broken up into blocks. There is another Chilkat example for that..

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

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
success: Integer;
azAuth: TChilkatAuthAzureStorage;
binaryData: Array of Byte;
fac: TCkFileAccess;
responseStr: WideString;

begin
// Azure Blob Service Example: Upload binary bytes to a block blob.
// This creates a new block blob or replaces an existing one in its entirety.
// See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179451.aspx

// 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.blob.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 call.
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 := 'Blob';
// 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: Content-Length, x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
// are automatically set by Chilkat.

// IMPORTANT: Make sure to set the x-ms-blob-type header:
success := rest.AddHeader('x-ms-blob-type','BlockBlob');

// For this example, we'll just load a JPG file into memory..

fac := TCkFileAccess.Create(Self);
binaryData := fac.ReadEntireFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');

// Note: The maximum size of a block blob created by uploading in a single step is 64MB.  
// For larger files, the upload must be broken up into blocks.  There is another Chilkat example for that..
responseStr := rest.FullRequestBinary('PUT','/mycontainer/starfish.jpg',binaryData);
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 201 response status code,
// with no response body.

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) then
  begin
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status text = ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response header: ' + rest.ResponseHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response body (if any): ' + responseStr);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestStartLine: ' + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestHeader: ' + rest.LastRequestHeader);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');
end;