(Delphi DLL) Azure Service Bus - Send Message to Topic

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Example code showing how to send a message to an Azure Service Bus Topic.

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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, StringBuilder, Rest, JsonObject;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
rest: HCkRest;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
success: Boolean;
sbToken: HCkStringBuilder;
topicName: PWideChar;
sbRequestBody: HCkStringBuilder;
sbPath: HCkStringBuilder;
json: HCkJsonObject;
sbResponseBody: HCkStringBuilder;

begin
// Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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

// Make the initial connection.
// A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Azure Service Bus REST API calls.
// The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
// then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
rest := CkRest_Create();
bAutoReconnect := True;
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'<yournamespace>.servicebus.windows.net',443,True,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The code above this comment could be placed inside a function/subroutine within the application
// because the connection does not need to be made for every request.  Once the connection is made
// the app may send many requests..
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Let's load a previously computed SAS token and use it.
// See Azure Shared Access Signature for an example to genenerate an Azure SAS token.
sbToken := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_LoadFile(sbToken,'qa_data/tokens/serviceBusSas.txt','utf-8');

// Tell the REST object to use the Azure Shared Access Signature for authorization.
CkStringBuilder_Prepend(sbToken,'SharedAccessSignature ');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Authorization',CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbToken));

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// The code for sending to a topic is identical to the code sending to a queue.
// The only difference is that a topic name (or topic path) is used instead of queue name/path.

// Send to a topic named "gilaMonster";
topicName := 'gilaMonster';

// The HTTP request body contains the content of the message sent to the topic.
sbRequestBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbRequestBody,'Hello, I''m a gila monster!');

// Build the path..
sbPath := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,'/');
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,topicName);
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,'/messages');

// Add timeout and api-version query parameters.
CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,'timeout','20');
CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,'api-version','2013-08');

// Standard brokered message properties are placed in a BrokerProperties HTTP header. 
// The broker properties must be serialized in JSON format. To specify a TimeToLive value of 3600 seconds 
// and to add a message label "M1" to the message..
json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_AppendInt(json,'TimeToLive',3600);
CkJsonObject_AppendString(json,'Label','A123');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'BrokerProperties',CkJsonObject__emit(json));

// To add custom properties, such as "Priority" and "Color"
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Priority','High');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Color','pink');

sbResponseBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkRest_FullRequestSb(rest,'POST',CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbPath),sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest)));

// Check for a success response.
if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 201) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastRequestStartLine(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastRequestHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbResponseBody));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed.');
    Exit;
  end;

// If successful, the 201 response will have no response body.

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

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbToken);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);

end;