(Excel) Azure Storage: Lease Container

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' Azure Blob Service Example: Lease Container
' See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj159103.aspx

' 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: x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
' are automatically set by Chilkat.

' The lease ID needs to be a GUID.  (UUID and GUID are synonymous)
Dim crypt As Chilkat.Crypt2
Set crypt = Chilkat.NewCrypt2

guid = crypt.GenerateUuid()
Debug.Print "Lease ID: "; guid
success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-id",guid)

' The action can be "acquire", "renew", "change", "release", or "break".
' See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj159103.aspx
success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-action","acquire")

' The lease duration..
success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-duration","15")

' In this example, we are acquiring a lease for the container named "mycontainer".

responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=lease")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200, 201, or 202 response status code,
' with no response body.

' The status code depends on the operation:
'    Acquire: A successful operation returns status code 201 (Created).
'    Renew: A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
'    Change: A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
'    Release: A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
'    Break: A successful operation returns status code 202 (Accepted).

If ((rest.ResponseStatusCode < 200) Or (rest.ResponseStatusCode > 202)) 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 "response body (if any): "; responseStr
    Debug.Print "---"
    Debug.Print "LastRequestStartLine: "; rest.LastRequestStartLine
    Debug.Print "LastRequestHeader: "; rest.LastRequestHeader
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Success: Lease acquired."