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Azure Storage: Delete Blob

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Demonstrates the Azure Delete Blob operation, which marks the specified blob for deletion. The blob is later deleted during garbage collection. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oAzAuth
LOCAL cResponseStr

nSuccess := 0

//  Azure Blob Service Example: Delete a particular blob in a specified container.
//  See also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/delete-blob

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

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
nBTls := 1
nPort := 443
nBAutoReconnect := 1
//  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net", nPort, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
oAzAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage")
oAzAuth:AccessKey := "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
//  The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
oAzAuth:Account := "chilkat"
oAzAuth:Scheme := "SharedKey"
oAzAuth:Service := "Blob"
//  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
oAzAuth:XMsVersion := "2021-08-06"
nSuccess := oRest:SetAuthAzureStorage(oAzAuth)

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

//  A successful operation returns status code 202 (Accepted) with no response body.
//  This example deletes the blob named "helloWorld.txt" located in "mycontainer"
cResponseStr := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("DELETE", "/mycontainer/helloWorld.txt")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 202)
    //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response body (if any): " + cResponseStr
    ? "---"
    ? "LastRequestStartLine: " + oRest:LastRequestStartLine
    ? "LastRequestHeader: " + oRest:LastRequestHeader
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Successfully deleted the blob!"

oRest:destroy()
oAzAuth:destroy()