(VB.NET) 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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' 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.

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
' In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
Dim success As Boolean = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
Dim azAuth As New 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".
Dim responseStr As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("DELETE","/mycontainer?restype=container")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' 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 <> 202) Then
    ' Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("response body (if any): " & responseStr)
    Debug.WriteLine("---")
    Debug.WriteLine("LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    Debug.WriteLine("LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Success: Container marked for deletion.")