(Delphi ActiveX) Get Container ACL

Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to get the permissions of a container.

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;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
success: Integer;
azAuth: TChilkatAuthAzureStorage;
responseStr: WideString;
xml: TChilkatXml;
startTimeStr: WideString;
dateTime: TCkDateTime;
bLocalTime: Integer;
dt: IDtObj;

begin
// Azure Blob Service Example: Get Container ACL
// See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179469.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: x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
// are automatically set by Chilkat.

// The expected success response is a 200 response status code with an XML response body.
// In this example, we are getting the ACL permissions of the container named "mycontainer".
responseStr := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=acl');
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
// with an XML response body.

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) 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;

// Load the XML response for parsing.
// An example of the response XML is shown below.
xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);
success := xml.LoadXml(responseStr);

Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());

// Use the ChilkatPath method to get various pieces of information out
// of the XML.  For example:

Memo1.Lines.Add('Id = ' + xml.ChilkatPath('SignedIdentifier|Id|*'));
startTimeStr := xml.ChilkatPath('SignedIdentifier|AccessPolicy|Start|*');
Memo1.Lines.Add('Start Time = ' + startTimeStr);

// The date/time string can be loaded into a CkDateTime object for 
// access to individual parts, or conversion to other formats.
dateTime := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
success := dateTime.SetFromTimestamp(startTimeStr);

// For example..
bLocalTime := 1;
dt := dateTime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(dt.Year) + '/' + IntToStr(dt.Month) + '/' + IntToStr(dt.Day));

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// <SignedIdentifiers>
//     <SignedIdentifier>
//         <Id>46KdrjGoh6bEJVbbLAKSVDLH3bBcjPKn</Id>
//         <AccessPolicy>
//             <Start>2016-05-04T22:10:49.0000000Z</Start>
//             <Expiry>2017-05-04T22:10:49.0000000Z</Expiry>
//             <Permission>rwd</Permission>
//         </AccessPolicy>
//     </SignedIdentifier>
// </SignedIdentifiers>
end;