AuthAzureStorage B4X (B4A / B4J) Reference Documentation

ChilkatAuthAzureStorage

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.

Declare / Initialize / Dispose

Sub Process_Globals
    Private obj As ChilkatAuthAzureStorage
End Sub

' Call Initialize before first use -- typically in AppStart (B4J)
' or Activity_Create (B4A):
obj.Initialize                ' classes without events
obj.Initialize("evt")        ' classes with events: "evt" becomes the
                              ' prefix of event Subs such as evt_PercentDone
Initialize  /  Initialize (EventName As String)

Creates the underlying native Chilkat object. Classes that support events take an EventName argument: it becomes the prefix of the event Subs (<EventName>_AbortCheck, <EventName>_PercentDone, <EventName>_ProgressInfo); classes without events take no arguments. The native Chilkat library loads automatically on the first Initialize — from the APK on Android, or extracted from ChilkatB4J.jar on Windows/Linux/macOS.

IsInitialized As Boolean

True if Initialize has been called and the native object exists.

Dispose

Explicitly frees the underlying native object. Calling Dispose is optional — every ChilkatAuthAzureStorage is also freed automatically when garbage-collected — but is recommended for long-lived objects holding sockets, sessions, or large buffers. A disposed object can be re-Initialized.

Properties

AccessKey
' read/write
AccessKey As String
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

A valid base64 access key for the Azure storage account.

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Account
' read/write
Account As String
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
' read/write
DebugLogFilePath As String

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
' read-only
LastErrorHtml As String

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
' read-only
LastErrorText As String

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
' read-only
LastErrorXml As String

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
' read/write
LastMethodSuccess As Boolean

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
' read/write
Scheme As String
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

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

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Service
' read/write
Service As String
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
' read/write
VerboseLogging As Boolean

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
' read-only
Version As String

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

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XMsVersion
' read/write
XMsVersion As String
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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