(Swift 2) Azure Storage: Download Binary Blob to Memory

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Sample code to download an Azure blob to a Chilkat BinData object, from which the contents can be accessed by your application.

For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-blob

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

    let rest = CkoRest()

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var port: Int = 443
    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    var success: Bool = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net", port: port, tls: bTls, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    let azAuth = CkoAuthAzureStorage()
    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: Content-Length, x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
    // are automatically set by Chilkat.

    // The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "starfish.jpg"
    let bd = CkoBinData()
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET", uriPath: "/test/starfish.jpg", binData: bd)
    if success == false {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        print("response status code = \(rest.ResponseStatusCode.intValue)")
        print("response status text = \(rest.ResponseStatusText)")
        print("response header: \(rest.ResponseHeader)")
        print("---")
        print("LastRequestStartLine: \(rest.LastRequestStartLine)")
        print("LastRequestHeader: \(rest.LastRequestHeader)")
        return
    }

    success = bd.WriteFile("qa_output/starfish.jpg")

    print("Success.")

}