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Azure File Service: List Shares

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Sample code to list the file shares in an Azure storage account.

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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
rest: HCkRest;
bTls: Boolean;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
azAuth: HCkAuthAzureStorage;
responseStr: PWideChar;
xml: HCkXml;
lastMod: HCkDateTime;
numShares: Integer;
i: Integer;
dt: HCkDtObj;

begin
success := False;

//  Azure File Service Example: List all the file shares in a storage account.
//  See also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/list-shares

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

rest := CkRest_Create();

//  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
bTls := True;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := True;
//  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'chilkat.file.core.windows.net',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
azAuth := CkAuthAzureStorage_Create();
CkAuthAzureStorage_putAccessKey(azAuth,'AZURE_ACCESS_KEY');
//  The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
CkAuthAzureStorage_putAccount(azAuth,'chilkat');
CkAuthAzureStorage_putScheme(azAuth,'SharedKey');
CkAuthAzureStorage_putService(azAuth,'File');
//  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
CkAuthAzureStorage_putXMsVersion(azAuth,'2021-08-06');
success := CkRest_SetAuthAzureStorage(rest,azAuth);

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

//  Send the GET request to list the shares.
responseStr := CkRest__fullRequestNoBody(rest,'GET','/?comp=list');
if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

//  When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
//  with an XML response body.

if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 200) then
  begin
    //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status text = ' + CkRest__responseStatusText(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response header: ' + CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response body (if any): ' + responseStr);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestStartLine: ' + CkRest__lastRequestStartLine(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestHeader: ' + CkRest__lastRequestHeader(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Load the XML response for parsing.
//  An example of the response XML is shown below.
xml := CkXml_Create();
success := CkXml_LoadXml(xml,responseStr);

Memo1.Lines.Add(CkXml__getXml(xml));

//  Here's a sample response:

//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
//  <EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.file.core.windows.net/">
//      <Shares>
//          <Share>
//              <Name>beardie</Name>
//              <Properties>
//                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:24:57 GMT</Last-Modified>
//                  <Etag>"0x8D4BCD9CBD872E5"</Etag>
//                  <Quota>5120</Quota>
//              </Properties>
//          </Share>
//          <Share>
//              <Name>pip</Name>
//              <Properties>
//                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:24:44 GMT</Last-Modified>
//                  <Etag>"0x8D4BCD9C3D823D1"</Etag>
//                  <Quota>5120</Quota>
//              </Properties>
//          </Share>
//      </Shares>
//      <NextMarker />
//  </EnumerationResults>

//  Let's iterate over the file shares
lastMod := CkDateTime_Create();

numShares := CkXml_NumChildrenAt(xml,'Shares');
i := 0;
dt := CkDtObj_Create();
while i < numShares do
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---- Share ' + IntToStr(i) + ' ----');
    CkXml_putI(xml,i);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Name: ' + CkXml__getChildContent(xml,'Shares|Share[i]|Name'));
    CkDateTime_SetFromRfc822(lastMod,CkXml__getChildContent(xml,'Shares|Share[i]|Properties|Last-Modified'));
    CkDateTime_ToDtObj(lastMod,True,dt);

    Memo1.Lines.Add('Last-Modified YMD: ' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getYear(dt)) + ',' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getMonth(dt)) + ',' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getDay(dt)));
    i := i + 1;
  end;

//  Output for the above loop:

//  ---- Share 0 ----
//  Name: beardie
//  Last-Modified YMD: 2017,6,26
//  ---- Share 1 ----
//  Name: pip
//  Last-Modified YMD: 2017,6,26
//  

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkAuthAzureStorage_Dispose(azAuth);
CkXml_Dispose(xml);
CkDateTime_Dispose(lastMod);
CkDtObj_Dispose(dt);