Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Azure File Service: List Shares

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

var
success: Integer;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
azAuth: TChilkatAuthAzureStorage;
responseStr: WideString;
xml: TChilkatXml;
lastMod: TCkDateTime;
numShares: Integer;
i: Integer;
dt: TDtObj;

begin
success := 0;

//  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 := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

//  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
bTls := 1;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := 1;
//  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success := rest.Connect('chilkat.file.core.windows.net',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
azAuth := TChilkatAuthAzureStorage.Create(Self);
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 := 'File';
//  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.XMsVersion := '2021-08-06';
success := rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth.ControlInterface);

//  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 := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/?comp=list');
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

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

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

//  Load the XML response for parsing.
//  An example of the response XML is shown below.
xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);
success := xml.LoadXml(responseStr);

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

//  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 := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);

numShares := xml.NumChildrenAt('Shares');
i := 0;
dt := TDtObj.Create(Self);
while i < numShares do
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---- Share ' + IntToStr(i) + ' ----');
    xml.I := i;
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Name: ' + xml.GetChildContent('Shares|Share[i]|Name'));
    lastMod.SetFromRfc822(xml.GetChildContent('Shares|Share[i]|Properties|Last-Modified'));
    lastMod.ToDtObj(1,dt.ControlInterface);

    Memo1.Lines.Add('Last-Modified YMD: ' + IntToStr(dt.Year) + ',' + IntToStr(dt.Month) + ',' + IntToStr(dt.Day));
    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.');