(C# UWP/WinRT) Azure Storage: Get Blob Service Properties

Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to get a blob's service properties.

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// Azure Blob Service Example: Get Blob Service Properties

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

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.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".
bool success = await rest.ConnectAsync("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage azAuth = new Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage();
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: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.XMsVersion = "2020-08-04";
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.

string responseStr = await rest.FullRequestNoBodyAsync("GET","/?restype=service&comp=properties");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response code,
// with an XML body.  
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("response body (if any): " + responseStr);
    Debug.WriteLine("---");
    Debug.WriteLine("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    Debug.WriteLine("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader);
    return;
}

// Load the XML response for parsing.
// An example of the response XML is shown below.
Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
success = xml.LoadXml(responseStr);

Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

// Use the ChilkatPath method to get various pieces of information out
// of the XML.  For example:

Debug.WriteLine("Logging retention policy #days = " + xml.ChilkatPath("Logging|RetentionPolicy|Days|*"));
Debug.WriteLine("Hour metrics include APIs = " + xml.ChilkatPath("HourMetrics|IncludeAPIs|*"));

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// <StorageServiceProperties>
//     <Logging>
//         <Version>1.0</Version>
//         <Read>true</Read>
//         <Write>true</Write>
//         <Delete>true</Delete>
//         <RetentionPolicy>
//             <Enabled>true</Enabled>
//             <Days>7</Days>
//         </RetentionPolicy>
//     </Logging>
//     <HourMetrics>
//         <Version>1.0</Version>
//         <Enabled>true</Enabled>
//         <IncludeAPIs>true</IncludeAPIs>
//         <RetentionPolicy>
//             <Enabled>true</Enabled>
//             <Days>7</Days>
//         </RetentionPolicy>
//     </HourMetrics>
//     <MinuteMetrics>
//         <Version>1.0</Version>
//         <Enabled>false</Enabled>
//         <RetentionPolicy>
//             <Enabled>false</Enabled>
//         </RetentionPolicy>
//     </MinuteMetrics>
//     <Cors />
// </StorageServiceProperties>