(Go) Download a Binary File into Memory

Downloads a binary file into memory.

Chilkat Go Downloads Go Package for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

    // Azure File Service Example: Download a Binary File to Memory
    // See:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-file

    // 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.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
    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("File")
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.SetXMsVersion("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.

    // Send a GET request to download the file "penguins.jpg" to a BinData object.
    // (The share name is "pip")
    bdFileContents := chilkat.NewBinData()
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET","/pip/wildlife/antarctic/penguins.jpg",bdFileContents)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        azAuth.DisposeAuthAzureStorage()
        bdFileContents.DisposeBinData()
        return
    }

    // When successful, the response status will be 200.
    // If a non-success status code is returned, then the bdFileContents actually contains the XML error message.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        // 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())
        sbXmlErr := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
        sbXmlErr.AppendBd(bdFileContents,"utf-8",0,0)
        fmt.Println("response body (if any): ", *sbXmlErr.GetAsString())
        fmt.Println("---")
        fmt.Println("LastRequestStartLine: ", rest.LastRequestStartLine())
        fmt.Println("LastRequestHeader: ", rest.LastRequestHeader())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        azAuth.DisposeAuthAzureStorage()
        bdFileContents.DisposeBinData()
        sbXmlErr.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Size of the downloaded file = ", bdFileContents.NumBytes())

    // See the online reference documentation for the BinData class for ways
    // to access the bytes.

    bdFileContents.WriteFile("qa_output/penguins.jpg")

    rest.DisposeRest()
    azAuth.DisposeAuthAzureStorage()
    bdFileContents.DisposeBinData()
    sbXmlErr.DisposeStringBuilder()