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Azure Storage: Delete Blob

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Demonstrates the Azure Delete Blob operation, which marks the specified blob for deletion. The blob is later deleted during garbage collection.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// Azure Blob Service Example: Delete a particular blob in a specified container.
// See also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/delete-blob

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$rest = new CkRest();

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

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = new CkAuthAzureStorage();
$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.

// A successful operation returns status code 202 (Accepted) with no response body.
// This example deletes the blob named "helloWorld.txt" located in "mycontainer"
$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('DELETE','/mycontainer/helloWorld.txt');
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 202) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print 'response status code = ' . $rest->get_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 'Successfully deleted the blob!' . "\n";

?>