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Azure Blob - Get Tags (Check if Blob Exists)

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Gets the user-defined tags for a specified blob. This can also be used as a way to check to see if a blob exists.

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#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkAuthAzureStorage.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkRest rest;

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool 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) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAzureStorage azAuth;
    azAuth.put_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.put_Account("chilkat");
    azAuth.put_Scheme("SharedKey");
    azAuth.put_Service("Blob");
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.put_XMsVersion("2021-08-06");
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

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

    // The Azure blob container is "test", the file is "helloWorld.txt"
    // Add "?comp=tags" to get the user-defined tags instead of the actual blob content.
    CkStringBuilder sb;
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/test/helloWorldajdfadf.txt?comp=tags",sb);
    if (success == false) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        std::cout << "response status code = " << rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "response status text = " << rest.responseStatusText() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "response header: " << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "---" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "LastRequestStartLine: " << rest.lastRequestStartLine() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "LastRequestHeader: " << rest.lastRequestHeader() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // A typical blob with no tags will return this:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <Tags><TagSet/></Tags>

    // If the blob does not exist, you get this:

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <Error>
    //     <Code>BlobNotFound</Code>
    //     <Message>The specified blob does not exist.
    // 	RequestId:fcfefdd9-301e-001a-2135-3a23d2000000
    // 	Time:2023-02-06T14:17:00.7805577Z
    //     </Message>
    // </Error>

    std::cout << sb.getAsString() << "\r\n";

    // To see if we got Tags or an Error, then examine the XML.
    CkXml xml;
    xml.LoadSb(sb,true);

    // Examine the tag..
    if (xml.TagEquals("Tags") == true) {
        std::cout << "Blob exists!" << "\r\n";
    }
    else {

        if (xml.ChildContentMatches("Code","BlobNotFound",true) == true) {
            std::cout << "Blob does not exist." << "\r\n";
        }
        else {
            std::cout << "Some other error..." << "\r\n";
        }

    }

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }