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Set Container ACL

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to set the permissions of a container.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# Azure Blob Service Example: Set Container ACL
# See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179391.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 XML body of the request will look like this:

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
# <SignedIdentifiers>
#   <SignedIdentifier> 
#     <Id>unique-character-value-of-up-to-64-chars</Id>
#     <AccessPolicy>
#       <Start>start-time</Start>
#       <Expiry>expiry-time</Expiry>
#       <Permission>abbreviated-permission-list</Permission>
#     </AccessPolicy>
#   </SignedIdentifier>
# </SignedIdentifiers>

# Generate a random 32-character string.
$prng = chilkat::CkPrng->new();
$randomId = $prng->randomString(32,1,1,1);

# Get the current system date/time in ISO 8061 format
$dt = chilkat::CkDateTime->new();
$dt->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
$bLocal = 0;
# Get the current date/time in ISO 8061 UTC format.
$curDtStr = $dt->getAsTimestamp($bLocal);
# The expire time will be 365 days in the future.
$success = $dt->AddDays(365);
$expireDtStr = $dt->getAsTimestamp($bLocal);

# Build the request:
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->put_Tag("SignedIdentifiers");
# xSignedId is a Xml
$xSignedId = $xml->NewChild("SignedIdentifier","");
$xSignedId->NewChild2("Id",$randomId);
# xAccessPolicy is a Xml
$xAccessPolicy = $xSignedId->NewChild("AccessPolicy","");
$xAccessPolicy->NewChild2("Start",$curDtStr);
$xAccessPolicy->NewChild2("Expiry",$expireDtStr);
$xAccessPolicy->NewChild2("Permission","rwd");

# Show the XML..
print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

# The expected response is a 200 response status code with no response body.
$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestString("PUT","/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=acl",$xml->getXml());
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
# with no response body.

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    # 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." . "\r\n";