JavaScript

Azure Blob Service - List all Containers in a Storage Account

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Lists all the containers in a storage account. JavaScript

var success = false;

// Azure Blob Service Example: List all of the containers in an account.

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

var rest = new CkRest();

// Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
var bTls = true;
var port = 443;
var bAutoReconnect = true;
// In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
var azAuth = new CkAuthAzureStorage();
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: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.XMsVersion = "2021-08-06";
success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

// URI parameters, such as "maxresults", are added by calling AddQueryParam
success = rest.AddQueryParam("maxresults","1000");

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

var responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/?comp=list");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log(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.
    console.log("response status code = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
    console.log("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    console.log("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    console.log("response body (if any): " + responseStr);
    console.log("---");
    console.log("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    console.log("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.LastRequestHeader);
    return;
}

// Load the XML response for parsing.
// A sample XML response containing 2 containers is shown below.
var xml = new CkXml();
success = xml.LoadXml(responseStr);

console.log(xml.GetXml());

// Iterate over the containers, listing some information about each.
success = xml.FindChild2("Containers");
var numContainers = xml.NumChildren;
var i = 0;
while ((i < numContainers)) {
    success = xml.GetChild2(i);
    console.log("Container Name: " + xml.GetChildContent("Name"));
    var lastModDateStr = xml.ChilkatPath("Properties|Last-Modified|*");
    console.log("Last Modified: " + lastModDateStr);
    // The date/time string can be loaded into a CkDateTime object for conversion to other date formats..
    var dateTime = new CkDateTime();
    success = dateTime.SetFromRfc822(lastModDateStr);

    var leaseState = xml.ChilkatPath("Properties|LeaseState|*");
    console.log("Lease State: " + leaseState);

    success = xml.GetParent2();
    i = i+1;
}

success = xml.GetParent2();

// Sample XML response:

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// 	<EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.blob.core.windows.net/">
// 	    <MaxResults>1000</MaxResults>
// 	    <Containers>
// 	        <Container>
// 	            <Name>test</Name>
// 	            <Properties>
// 	                <Last-Modified>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:02:25 GMT</Last-Modified>
// 	                <Etag>"0x8D368B77024C583"</Etag>
// 	                <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
// 	                <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
// 	            </Properties>
// 	        </Container>
// 	        <Container>
// 	            <Name>test2</Name>
// 	            <Properties>
// 	                <Last-Modified>Tue, 03 May 2016 17:13:01 GMT</Last-Modified>
// 	                <Etag>"0x8D373762EB6AC85"</Etag>
// 	                <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
// 	                <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
// 	            </Properties>
// 	        </Container>
// 	    </Containers>
// 	    <NextMarker />
// 	</EnumerationResults>