Node.js

Get Container Metadata

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to get the user-defined metadata of a container. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // Azure Blob Service Example: Get Container User-Defined Metadata
    // See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee691976.aspx

    // 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);

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

    // The expected success response is a 200 response status code with no response body.
    // In this example, we are getting the metadata of the container named "mycontainer".
    var responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=metadata");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
    // with no response 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;
    }

    // The user-defined metadata is located in the response header.
    // The full response header can be obtained like this:
    console.log("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    console.log("--");

    // Metadata headers begin with "x-ms-meta-"
    // Individual response header fields can be retrieved like this:
    console.log("x-ms-meta-Category: " + rest.ResponseHdrByName("x-ms-meta-Category"));
    console.log("x-ms-meta-Resolution: " + rest.ResponseHdrByName("x-ms-meta-Resolution"));

    console.log("Success.");

}

chilkatExample();