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Get Container Metadata

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to get the user-defined metadata of a container. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = 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.

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.blob.core.windows.net", port, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
If success <> True 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 = "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".
Dim responseStr As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=metadata")
If rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


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


'  The user-defined metadata is located in the response header.
'  The full response header can be obtained like this:
Log("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
Log("--")

'  Metadata headers begin with "x-ms-meta-"
'  Individual response header fields can be retrieved like this:
Log("x-ms-meta-Category: " & rest.ResponseHdrByName("x-ms-meta-Category"))
Log("x-ms-meta-Resolution: " & rest.ResponseHdrByName("x-ms-meta-Resolution"))

Log("Success.")