(Go) Azure Storage: Download Blob to File

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Sample code to download an Azure blob to a file.

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.

    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 {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    azAuth := chilkat.NewAuthAzureStorage()
    azAuth.SetAccessKey("AZURE_ACCESS_KEY")
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    azAuth.SetAccount("chilkat")
    azAuth.SetScheme("SharedKey")
    azAuth.SetService("Blob")
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.SetXMsVersion("2021-08-06")
    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.

    // Setup a file stream for the download
    fileStream := chilkat.NewStream()
    fileStream.SetSinkFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg")

    // Indicate that the call to FullRequestNoBody should send the response body
    // to fileStream if the response status code is 200.
    // If a non-success response status code is received, then nothing
    // is streamed to the output file and the error response is returned by FullRequestNoBody.
    expectedStatus := 200
    rest.SetResponseBodyStream(expectedStatus,true,fileStream)

    // The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "starfish.jpg"
    responseStr := rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/test/starfish.jpg")
    if rest.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        fmt.Println("response status code = ", rest.ResponseStatusCode())
        fmt.Println("response status text = ", rest.ResponseStatusText())
        fmt.Println("response header: ", rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println("response body (if any): ", *responseStr)
        fmt.Println("---")
        fmt.Println("LastRequestStartLine: ", rest.LastRequestStartLine())
        fmt.Println("LastRequestHeader: ", rest.LastRequestHeader())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        azAuth.DisposeAuthAzureStorage()
        fileStream.DisposeStream()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Success.")

    rest.DisposeRest()
    azAuth.DisposeAuthAzureStorage()
    fileStream.DisposeStream()