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Azure Storage: Lease Container

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

$success = $false

# Azure Blob Service Example: Lease Container
# See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj159103.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: 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 lease ID needs to be a GUID.  (UUID and GUID are synonymous)
$crypt = New-Object Chilkat.Crypt2
$guid = $crypt.GenerateUuid()
$("Lease ID: " + $guid)
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-id",$guid)

# The action can be "acquire", "renew", "change", "release", or "break".
# See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj159103.aspx
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-action","acquire")

# The lease duration..
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-lease-duration","15")

# In this example, we are acquiring a lease for the container named "mycontainer".
$responseStr = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=lease")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200, 201, or 202 response status code,
# with no response body.

# The status code depends on the operation:
#    Acquire: A successful operation returns status code 201 (Created).
#    Renew: A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
#    Change: A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
#    Release: A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
#    Break: A successful operation returns status code 202 (Accepted).

if (($rest.ResponseStatusCode -lt 200) -or ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -gt 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: Lease acquired.")