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REST File Streaming Upload

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Demonstrates how to stream the REST body from a file. This example demonstrates a REST upload to the Azure Cloud Storage service. PowerShell

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

$success = $false

# 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)

# Set some request headers.
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-blob-content-disposition","attachment; filename=`"hamlet.xml`"")
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-blob-type","BlockBlob")
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-meta-m1","v1")
$success = $rest.AddHeader("x-ms-meta-m2","v2")

# Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
# headers: x-ms-date, Authorization, and Content-Length.  These headers
# are automatically set by Chilkat.

$fileStream = New-Object Chilkat.Stream
$fileStream.SourceFile = "qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml"

# Upload to the Azure Cloud Storage service.
# The file is streamed, so the full file never has to completely reside in memory.
# The file is uploaded to the container named "test".
$responseStr = $rest.FullRequestStream("PUT","/test/hamlet.xml",$fileStream)
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 201 response code,
# with an empty body.  Therefore, in the success condition, the responseStr is empty.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -eq 201) {
    $("File uploaded.")
}
else {
    # 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)
}