(PowerShell) Azure Storage: Delete Container

Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to mark a container for deletion. The container and any blobs contained within it are later deleted during garbage collection.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# Azure Blob Service Example: Delete Container
# See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179408.aspx

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

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# 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 -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = New-Object 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: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
$azAuth.XMsVersion = "2020-08-04"
$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.

# To call Delete Container on a container that has an active lease, specify the lease ID in this header. 
# If this header is not specified when there is an active lease, Delete Container will return 409 (Conflict). 
# If you specify the wrong lease ID, or a lease ID on a container that does not have an active lease, 
# Delete Container will return 412 (Precondition failed).

# IMPORTANT: Delete this line, or insert a valid lease ID, otherwise the request
# will fail with a 400 status code..
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-id","SOME_LEASE_ID")

# The expected success response is a 202 response status code with no response body.
# In this example, the container to be deleted is named "mycontainer".
$responseStr = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE","/mycontainer?restype=container")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 202 response code,
# with no response body.

# If the container with the same name already exists, then the operation will fail.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 202) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response body (if any): " + $responseStr)
    $("---")
    $("LastRequestStartLine: " + $rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    $("LastRequestHeader: " + $rest.LastRequestHeader)
    exit
}

$("Success: Container marked for deletion.")