Delphi ActiveX

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. Delphi ActiveX

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
success: Integer;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
azAuth: TChilkatAuthAzureStorage;
fileStream: TChilkatStream;
responseStr: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

// 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);

// 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.

fileStream := TChilkatStream.Create(Self);
fileStream.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".
responseStr := rest.FullRequestStream('PUT','/test/hamlet.xml',fileStream.ControlInterface);
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 code,
// with an empty body.  Therefore, in the success condition, the responseStr is empty.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode = 201) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('File uploaded.');
  end
else
  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);
  end;
end;