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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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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  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.

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 = 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 = "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 an XML response body.
'  In this example, we are listing the blobs in the container named "mycontainer".
Dim responseStr As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/mycontainer?restype=container&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)

'  Let's iterate over the blobs...

Dim lastMod As ChilkatDateTime
lastMod.Initialize

Dim numBlobs As Int = xml.NumChildrenAt("Blobs")
Dim i As Int = 0
Dim dt As ChilkatDtObj
dt.Initialize
Do While i < numBlobs
    Log("---- Blob " & i & " ----")
    xml.I = i
    Log("Name: " & xml.GetChildContent("Blobs|Blob[i]|Name"))
    Log("Content-Length: " & xml.GetChildContent("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Length"))
    Log("Content-Type: " & xml.GetChildContent("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Type"))
    Log("Content-MD5: " & xml.GetChildContent("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-MD5"))
    Log("BlobType: " & xml.GetChildContent("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|BlobType"))
    Log("LeaseStatus: " & xml.GetChildContent("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|LeaseStatus"))
    lastMod.SetFromRfc822(xml.GetChildContent("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Last-Modified"))
    lastMod.ToDtObj(True, dt)

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

Log("-------------------------")

'  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"
Dim lastModStr As String = xml.ChilkatPath("/C/Name,helloWorld.txt|..|Properties|Last-Modified|*")
Log("helloWorld.txt Last-Modified: " & lastModStr)

Log("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>
'