(DataFlex) Get Container Metadata

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iPort
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vAzAuth
    Handle hoAzAuth
    String sResponseStr
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    // 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.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    Move True To iBTls
    Move 443 To iPort
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "chilkat.blob.core.windows.net" iPort iBTls iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatAuthAzureStorage)) To hoAzAuth
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAzAuth))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoAzAuth
    End
    Set ComAccessKey Of hoAzAuth To "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    Set ComAccount Of hoAzAuth To "chilkat"
    Set ComScheme Of hoAzAuth To "SharedKey"
    Set ComService Of hoAzAuth To "Blob"
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    Set ComXMsVersion Of hoAzAuth To "2021-08-06"
    Get pvComObject of hoAzAuth to vAzAuth
    Get ComSetAuthAzureStorage Of hoRest vAzAuth To iSuccess

    // 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".
    Get ComFullRequestNoBody Of hoRest "GET" "/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=metadata" To sResponseStr
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoRest To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

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

    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 200) Begin
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "response status code = " iTemp1
        Get ComResponseStatusText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response status text = " sTemp1
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response header: " sTemp1
        Showln "response body (if any): " sResponseStr
        Showln "---"
        Get ComLastRequestStartLine Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestStartLine: " sTemp1
        Get ComLastRequestHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "LastRequestHeader: " sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // The user-defined metadata is located in the response header.
    // The full response header can be obtained like this:
    Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
    Showln "response header: " sTemp1
    Showln "--"

    // Metadata headers begin with "x-ms-meta-"
    // Individual response header fields can be retrieved like this:
    Get ComResponseHdrByName Of hoRest "x-ms-meta-Category" To sTemp1
    Showln "x-ms-meta-Category: " sTemp1
    Get ComResponseHdrByName Of hoRest "x-ms-meta-Resolution" To sTemp1
    Showln "x-ms-meta-Resolution: " sTemp1

    Showln "Success."


End_Procedure