(Excel) Adding x-ms-range header to Azure Blob Download

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Demonstrates how to add an x-ms-range header to an Azure blob download.

For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-blob

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

Dim rest As Chilkat.Rest
Set rest = Chilkat.NewRest

' Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service

bTls = True

port = 443

bAutoReconnect = True
' In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".

success = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
Dim azAuth As Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage
Set azAuth = Chilkat.NewAuthAzureStorage
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: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.XMsVersion = "2020-08-04"
success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth)

' 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.

' Add the x-ms-range header.
' See x-ms-range Header Format
' The file we're downloading contains "Hello World!", so we'll download just the "World!" part..
Dim success As Boolean
success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-range","bytes=6-")

' The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "helloWorld.txt"
Dim sb As Chilkat.StringBuilder
Set sb = Chilkat.NewStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/test/helloWorld.txt",sb)
If (success = False) Then
    ' Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Debug.Print "response status code = "; rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = "; rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: "; rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "---"
    Debug.Print "LastRequestStartLine: "; rest.LastRequestStartLine
    Debug.Print "LastRequestHeader: "; rest.LastRequestHeader
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print sb.GetAsString()

Debug.Print "Success."