AuthAzureStorage Lazarus Pascal Reference Documentation

AuthAzureStorage

Current Version: 11.6.0

Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage

Authenticate Azure Storage REST requests with account-key Shared Key signing.

Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage is a credential object for Azure Storage Services authentication. It stores the storage account name, Base64 account access key, Azure Storage service type, authentication scheme, and x-ms-version API version used when signing REST requests for Blob, Queue, File, or Table storage.

Azure Storage credentials

Hold the storage account name and Base64 account access key used to sign Azure Storage REST requests.

Shared Key signing

Configure Azure Storage authentication using SharedKey or SharedKeyLite, depending on the service and request style.

Service targeting

Specify the Azure Storage service being accessed, such as Blob, Queue, File, or Table.

API version header

Set the x-ms-version value required by the Azure Storage REST API version being used.

REST integration

Use the configured object with Chilkat.Rest so requests are signed automatically before being sent.

Low-level control

Pair this authentication object with manually constructed REST requests when application code needs direct control over Azure Storage operations.

Common pattern: Create an AuthAzureStorage object, set the storage Account, Base64 AccessKey, Service, Scheme, and XMsVersion, then attach it to a Chilkat.Rest request workflow. Use AuthAzureStorage for Shared Key authorization headers; use Chilkat.AuthAzureSAS when the request should be authorized with a SAS query token instead.

Create / Free

uses
  Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage;

var
  obj: TAuthAzureStorage;
begin
  obj := TAuthAzureStorage.Create;
  try
    if not obj.IsValid then
      raise Exception.Create('Failed to create a TAuthAzureStorage instance.');

    // ... use obj ...

  finally
    obj.Free;
  end;
end;
constructor Create;

Allocates the underlying CkAuthAzureStorage object and returns a new TAuthAzureStorage instance. Simply adding Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage to the unit's uses clause is enough to locate and bind to the Chilkat shared library (DLL / .so / .dylib) at runtime — no separate load step is required. Check obj.IsValid after calling Create; it is False if the underlying library could not be found/loaded or the object could not be allocated (for example, when unlicensed).

destructor Destroy; override;

Every TAuthAzureStorage created by calling Create should eventually be released by calling .Free (inherited from TObject). The destructor automatically disposes the underlying CkAuthAzureStorage handle. A native (unmanaged) memory leak occurs if the object is never freed.

Properties

AccessKey
property AccessKey: string read GetAccessKey write SetAccessKey;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

A valid base64 access key for the Azure storage account.

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Account
property Account: string read GetAccount write SetAccount;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

The Azure storage account name. (A storage account can contain zero or more containers. A container contains properties, metadata, and zero or more blobs. A blob is any single entity comprised of binary data, properties, and metadata. )

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DebugLogFilePath
property DebugLogFilePath: string read GetDebugLogFilePath write SetDebugLogFilePath;

If set to a file path, this property logs the LastErrorText of each Chilkat method or property call to the specified file. This logging helps identify the context and history of Chilkat calls leading up to any crash or hang, aiding in debugging.

Enabling the VerboseLogging property provides more detailed information. This property is mainly used for debugging rare instances where a Chilkat method call causes a hang or crash, which should generally not happen.

Possible causes of hangs include:

  • A timeout property set to 0, indicating an infinite timeout.
  • A hang occurring within an event callback in the application code.
  • An internal bug in the Chilkat code causing the hang.

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LastErrorHtml
property LastErrorHtml: string read GetLastErrorHtml;

Provides HTML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.

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LastErrorText
property LastErrorText: string read GetLastErrorText;

Provides plain text information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.

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LastErrorXml
property LastErrorXml: string read GetLastErrorXml;

Provides XML-formatted information about the last called method or property. If a method call fails or behaves unexpectedly, check this property for details. Note that information is available regardless of the method call's success.

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LastMethodSuccess
property LastMethodSuccess: Boolean read GetLastMethodSuccess write SetLastMethodSuccess;

Indicates the success or failure of the most recent method call: True means success, False means failure. This property remains unchanged by property setters or getters. This method is present to address challenges in checking for null or Nothing returns in certain programming languages. Note: This property does not apply to methods that return integer values or to boolean-returning methods where the boolean does not indicate success or failure.

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Scheme
property Scheme: string read GetScheme write SetScheme;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

Can be SharedKey or SharedKeyLite. The default value is SharedKey.

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Service
property Service: string read GetService write SetService;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

Can be Blob, Queue, File, or Table. The default is Blob.

Note: Authentication for the Table service did not work in versions prior to v9.5.0.83.

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VerboseLogging
property VerboseLogging: Boolean read GetVerboseLogging write SetVerboseLogging;

If set to True, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is False. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

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Version
property Version: string read GetVersion;

Version of the component/library, such as "10.1.0"

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XMsVersion
property XMsVersion: string read GetXMsVersion write SetXMsVersion;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

If set, automatically adds the x-ms-version HTTP request header to Azure Storage requests. The default value is 2014-02-14.

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Methods