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Azure Blob Service - List all Containers in a Storage Account

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Lists all the containers in a storage account.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // Azure Blob Service Example: List all of the containers in an account.

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

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    var bTls = true;
    var port = 443;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    success = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    var azAuth = 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: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.XMsVersion = "2021-08-06";
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

    // URI parameters, such as "maxresults", are added by calling AddQueryParam
    success = rest.AddQueryParam("maxresults","1000");

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

    var responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/?comp=list");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response code,
    // with an XML body.  
    if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        console.log("response status code = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
        console.log("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
        console.log("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
        console.log("response body (if any): " + responseStr);
        console.log("---");
        console.log("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
        console.log("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader);
        return;
    }

    // Load the XML response for parsing.
    // A sample XML response containing 2 containers is shown below.
    var xml = new chilkat.Xml();
    success = xml.LoadXml(responseStr);

    console.log(xml.GetXml());

    // Iterate over the containers, listing some information about each.
    success = xml.FindChild2("Containers");
    var numContainers = xml.NumChildren;
    var i = 0;
    while ((i < numContainers)) {
        success = xml.GetChild2(i);
        console.log("Container Name: " + xml.GetChildContent("Name"));
        var lastModDateStr = xml.ChilkatPath("Properties|Last-Modified|*");
        console.log("Last Modified: " + lastModDateStr);
        // The date/time string can be loaded into a CkDateTime object for conversion to other date formats..
        var dateTime = new chilkat.CkDateTime();
        success = dateTime.SetFromRfc822(lastModDateStr);

        var leaseState = xml.ChilkatPath("Properties|LeaseState|*");
        console.log("Lease State: " + leaseState);

        success = xml.GetParent2();
        i = i+1;
    }

    success = xml.GetParent2();

    // Sample XML response:

    // 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // 	<EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.blob.core.windows.net/">
    // 	    <MaxResults>1000</MaxResults>
    // 	    <Containers>
    // 	        <Container>
    // 	            <Name>test</Name>
    // 	            <Properties>
    // 	                <Last-Modified>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:02:25 GMT</Last-Modified>
    // 	                <Etag>"0x8D368B77024C583"</Etag>
    // 	                <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
    // 	                <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
    // 	            </Properties>
    // 	        </Container>
    // 	        <Container>
    // 	            <Name>test2</Name>
    // 	            <Properties>
    // 	                <Last-Modified>Tue, 03 May 2016 17:13:01 GMT</Last-Modified>
    // 	                <Etag>"0x8D373762EB6AC85"</Etag>
    // 	                <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
    // 	                <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
    // 	            </Properties>
    // 	        </Container>
    // 	    </Containers>
    // 	    <NextMarker />
    // 	</EnumerationResults>

}

chilkatExample();