(Swift 3,4,5...) Set Container Metadata

Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to set the user-defined metadata of a container.

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func chilkatTest() {
    // Azure Blob Service Example: Set Container User-Defined Metadata
    // See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179362.aspx

    // 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: 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.

    // Add each name-value pair of metadata to associate with the container.
    // To remove all metadata from the container, simply don't add any x-ms-meta- headers.
    success = rest.addHeader("x-ms-meta-Category", value: "Images")
    success = rest.addHeader("x-ms-meta-Resolution", value: "High")

    // The expected success response is a 200 response status code with no response body.
    // In this example, we are setting the metadata of the container named "mycontainer".
    var responseStr: String? = rest.fullRequestNoBody("PUT", uriPath: "/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=metadata")
    if rest.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
    // with no response body.

    if rest.responseStatusCode.intValue != 200 {
        // 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("response body (if any): \(responseStr!)")
        print("---")
        print("LastRequestStartLine: \(rest.lastRequestStartLine!)")
        print("LastRequestHeader: \(rest.lastRequestHeader!)")
        return
    }

    print("Success.")

}