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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to fetch the list of blobs in the specified container.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @iTmp1 int
    DECLARE @iTmp2 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- Azure Blob Service Example: List the blobs in a specified container.
    -- See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd135734.aspx

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

    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    DECLARE @bTls int
    SELECT @bTls = 1
    DECLARE @port int
    SELECT @port = 443
    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    -- In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'chilkat.blob.core.windows.net', @port, @bTls, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      END

    -- Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    DECLARE @azAuth int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage', @azAuth OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @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).
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'Account', 'chilkat'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'Scheme', 'SharedKey'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'Service', 'Blob'
    -- This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'XMsVersion', '2021-08-06'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'SetAuthAzureStorage', @success OUT, @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 an XML response body.
    -- In this example, we are listing the blobs in the container named "mycontainer".
    DECLARE @responseStr nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestNoBody', @responseStr OUT, 'GET', '/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @azAuth
        RETURN
      END

    -- When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
    -- with an XML response body.

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN
        -- Examine the request/response to see what happened.

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status code = ' + @iTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status text = ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response header: ' + @sTmp0

        PRINT 'response body (if any): ' + @responseStr

        PRINT '---'

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastRequestStartLine', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'LastRequestStartLine: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastRequestHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'LastRequestHeader: ' + @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @azAuth
        RETURN
      END

    -- Load the XML response for parsing.
    -- An example of the response XML is shown below.
    DECLARE @xml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'LoadXml', @success OUT, @responseStr

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Let's iterate over the blobs...

    DECLARE @lastMod int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.CkDateTime', @lastMod OUT

    DECLARE @numBlobs int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'NumChildrenAt', @numBlobs OUT, 'Blobs'
    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    DECLARE @dt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.DtObj', @dt OUT

    WHILE @i < @numBlobs
      BEGIN


        PRINT '---- Blob ' + @i + ' ----'
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @xml, 'I', @i

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContent', @sTmp0 OUT, 'Blobs|Blob[i]|Name'
        PRINT 'Name: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContent', @sTmp0 OUT, 'Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Length'
        PRINT 'Content-Length: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContent', @sTmp0 OUT, 'Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Type'
        PRINT 'Content-Type: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContent', @sTmp0 OUT, 'Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-MD5'
        PRINT 'Content-MD5: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContent', @sTmp0 OUT, 'Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|BlobType'
        PRINT 'BlobType: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContent', @sTmp0 OUT, 'Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|LeaseStatus'
        PRINT 'LeaseStatus: ' + @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContent', @sTmp0 OUT, 'Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Last-Modified'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @lastMod, 'SetFromRfc822', @success OUT, @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @lastMod, 'ToDtObj', NULL, 1, @dt


        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Year', @iTmp0 OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Month', @iTmp1 OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Day', @iTmp2 OUT
        PRINT 'Last-Modified YMD: ' + @iTmp0 + ',' + @iTmp1 + ',' + @iTmp2
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END


    PRINT '-------------------------'

    -- Use the ChilkatPath method to get information for a specific blob:

    -- For example, let's say we want the Last-Modified date/time for
    -- the blob named "helloWorld.txt"
    DECLARE @lastModStr nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'ChilkatPath', @lastModStr OUT, '/C/Name,helloWorld.txt|..|Properties|Last-Modified|*'

    PRINT 'helloWorld.txt Last-Modified: ' + @lastModStr


    PRINT 'Success.'

    -- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    -- <EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.blob.core.windows.net/" ContainerName="test">
    --     <Blobs>
    --         <Blob>
    --             <Name>hamletC.xml</Name>
    --             <Properties>
    --                 <Last-Modified>Mon, 02 May 2016 23:50:30 GMT</Last-Modified>
    --                 <Etag>0x8D372E48B6D323A</Etag>
    --                 <Content-Length>279658</Content-Length>
    --                 <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
    --                 <Content-Encoding />
    --                 <Content-Language />
    --                 <Content-MD5>4E6prI9haw81xadSLeEj3Q==</Content-MD5>
    --                 <Cache-Control />
    --                 <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="hamletC.xml"</Content-Disposition>
    --                 <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
    --                 <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
    --                 <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
    --             </Properties>
    --         </Blob>
    --         <Blob>
    --             <Name>helloWorld.txt</Name>
    --             <Properties>
    --                 <Last-Modified>Mon, 02 May 2016 15:21:55 GMT</Last-Modified>
    --                 <Etag>0x8D3729D7EE38299</Etag>
    --                 <Content-Length>12</Content-Length>
    --                 <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
    --                 <Content-Encoding />
    --                 <Content-Language />
    --                 <Content-MD5>7Qdih1MuhjZehB6Sv8UNjA==</Content-MD5>
    --                 <Cache-Control />
    --                 <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="helloWorld.txt"</Content-Disposition>
    --                 <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
    --                 <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
    --                 <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
    --             </Properties>
    --         </Blob>
    --         <Blob>
    --             <Name>thisIsATest.txt</Name>
    --             <Properties>
    --                 <Last-Modified>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:22:13 GMT</Last-Modified>
    --                 <Etag>0x8D372E8F9B2A62E</Etag>
    --                 <Content-Length>1600</Content-Length>
    --                 <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
    --                 <Content-Encoding />
    --                 <Content-Language />
    --                 <Content-MD5>FhgUXYfePg2ItsraPmz0Xg==</Content-MD5>
    --                 <Cache-Control />
    --                 <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="thisIsATest.txt"</Content-Disposition>
    --                 <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
    --                 <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
    --                 <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
    --             </Properties>
    --         </Blob>
    --     </Blobs>
    --     <NextMarker />
    -- </EnumerationResults>
    -- 

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @azAuth
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @lastMod
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt


END
GO