B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Azure File Service: List Shares

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Sample code to list the file shares in an Azure storage account. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Azure File Service Example: List all the file shares in a storage account.
'  See also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/list-shares

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

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")

'  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Int = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
'  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
Dim azAuth As ChilkatAuthAzureStorage
azAuth.Initialize
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 = "File"
'  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.

'  Send the GET request to list the shares.
Dim responseStr As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/?comp=list")
If rest.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


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

If rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 Then
    '  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Log("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Log("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Log("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Log("response body (if any): " & responseStr)
    Log("---")
    Log("LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    Log("LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Return
End If


'  Load the XML response for parsing.
'  An example of the response XML is shown below.
Dim xml As ChilkatXml
xml.Initialize
success = xml.LoadXml(responseStr)

Log(xml.GetXml)

'  Here's a sample response:

'  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
'  <EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.file.core.windows.net/">
'      <Shares>
'          <Share>
'              <Name>beardie</Name>
'              <Properties>
'                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:24:57 GMT</Last-Modified>
'                  <Etag>"0x8D4BCD9CBD872E5"</Etag>
'                  <Quota>5120</Quota>
'              </Properties>
'          </Share>
'          <Share>
'              <Name>pip</Name>
'              <Properties>
'                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:24:44 GMT</Last-Modified>
'                  <Etag>"0x8D4BCD9C3D823D1"</Etag>
'                  <Quota>5120</Quota>
'              </Properties>
'          </Share>
'      </Shares>
'      <NextMarker />
'  </EnumerationResults>

'  Let's iterate over the file shares
Dim lastMod As ChilkatDateTime
lastMod.Initialize

Dim numShares As Int = xml.NumChildrenAt("Shares")
Dim i As Int = 0
Dim dt As ChilkatDtObj
dt.Initialize
Do While i < numShares
    Log("---- Share " & i & " ----")
    xml.I = i
    Log("Name: " & xml.GetChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Name"))
    lastMod.SetFromRfc822(xml.GetChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Properties|Last-Modified"))
    lastMod.ToDtObj(True, dt)

    Log("Last-Modified YMD: " & dt.Year & "," & dt.Month & "," & dt.Day)
    i = i + 1
Loop

'  Output for the above loop:

'  ---- Share 0 ----
'  Name: beardie
'  Last-Modified YMD: 2017,6,26
'  ---- Share 1 ----
'  Name: pip
'  Last-Modified YMD: 2017,6,26
'  

Log("Success.")