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Azure Storage: Lease Container

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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.

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# 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) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = chilkat::CkAuthAzureStorage->new();
$azAuth->put_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->put_Account("chilkat");
$azAuth->put_Scheme("SharedKey");
$azAuth->put_Service("Blob");
# This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
$azAuth->put_XMsVersion("2021-08-06");
$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)
$crypt = chilkat::CkCrypt2->new();
$guid = $crypt->generateUuid();
print "Lease ID: " . $guid . "\r\n";
$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->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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 (($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() < 200) or ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() > 202)) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body (if any): " . $responseStr . "\r\n";
    print "---" . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestStartLine: " . $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestHeader: " . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success: Lease acquired." . "\r\n";