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Streaming Download Large File to the Local Filesystem

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Downloads a large file in a streaming fashion to the local filesystem.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// Azure File Service Example: Downloads a large file to the local filesystem using a Chilkat stream.
// 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 = 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 = $rest->Connect('chilkat.file.core.windows.net',$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
$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('File');
// 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.

// When streaming a download to the local filesystem or directed elsewhere,
// the complete HTTP GET operation must be broken into parts.
// For example, an HTTP GET consists of sending the request, followed by reading the response header,
// and then finally the response body.  We'll want to read the response header, and then based
// on the information received (such as success or failure), either read the response body
// as an error message, or as the file data.

// Send the HTTP GET request to download the file.
// The share is named "pip".
$success = $rest->SendReqNoBody('GET','/pip/somethingBig.zip');
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Read the response header.
$responseStatusCode = $rest->ReadResponseHeader();
if ($responseStatusCode < 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response status code = ' . $responseStatusCode . "\n";

// We expect a 200 response status if the file data is coming.
// Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
if ($responseStatusCode == 200) {

    $bodyStream = new CkStream();

    // The stream's sink will be a file.
    $bodyStream->put_SinkFile('qa_output/somethingBig.zip');

    // Read the response body to the stream.  Given that we've
    // set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
    // to the file.
    $success = $rest->ReadRespBodyStream($bodyStream,true);
    if ($success != true) {
        print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print 'Successfully received the large file.' . "\n";

}
else {
    $errResponse = $rest->readRespBodyString();
    if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    }
    else {
        print $errResponse . "\n";
    }

}


?>