.NET Core C#

Azure File Service: List Shares

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Sample code to list the file shares in an Azure storage account. .NET Core C#

bool 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.

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".
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success == false) {
    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 = "File";
// This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.XMsVersion = "2021-08-06";
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.

// Send the GET request to list the shares.
string responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/?comp=list");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
// with an XML response 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());

// 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
Chilkat.CkDateTime lastMod = new Chilkat.CkDateTime();

int numShares = xml.NumChildrenAt("Shares");
int i = 0;
Chilkat.DtObj dt = new Chilkat.DtObj();
while (i < numShares) {
    Debug.WriteLine("---- Share " + Convert.ToString(i) + " ----");
    xml.I = i;
    Debug.WriteLine("Name: " + xml.GetChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Name"));
    lastMod.SetFromRfc822(xml.GetChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Properties|Last-Modified"));
    lastMod.ToDtObj(true,dt);

    Debug.WriteLine("Last-Modified YMD: " + Convert.ToString(dt.Year) + "," + Convert.ToString(dt.Month) + "," + Convert.ToString(dt.Day));
    i = i + 1;
}

// 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
// 

Debug.WriteLine("Success.");