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Set Container ACL

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<?php

$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 = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

// 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 . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = new COM("Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage");
$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: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
$azAuth->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 = new COM("Chilkat.Prng");
$randomId = $prng->randomString(32,1,1,1);

// Get the current system date/time in ISO 8061 format
$dt = new COM("Chilkat.CkDateTime");
$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 = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$xml->Tag = 'SignedIdentifiers';
// xSignedId is a Chilkat.Xml
$xSignedId = $xml->NewChild('SignedIdentifier','');
$xSignedId->NewChild2('Id',$randomId);
// xAccessPolicy is a Chilkat.Xml
$xAccessPolicy = $xSignedId->NewChild('AccessPolicy','');
$xAccessPolicy->NewChild2('Start',$curDtStr);
$xAccessPolicy->NewChild2('Expiry',$expireDtStr);
$xAccessPolicy->NewChild2('Permission','rwd');

// Show the XML..
print $xml->getXml() . "\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->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print 'response status code = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'response status text = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'response header: ' . $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print 'response body (if any): ' . $responseStr . "\n";
    print '---' . "\n";
    print 'LastRequestStartLine: ' . $rest->LastRequestStartLine . "\n";
    print 'LastRequestHeader: ' . $rest->LastRequestHeader . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>