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Azure Storage: List Blobs

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to fetch the list of blobs in the specified container.

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#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoAuthAzureStorage.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoXml.h>
#import <CkoDateTime.h>
#import <CkoDtObj.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  Azure Blob Service Example: List the blobs in a specified container.
//  See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd135734.aspx

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

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

//  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
BOOL bTls = YES;
int port = 443;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
//  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success = [rest Connect: @"chilkat.blob.core.windows.net" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
CkoAuthAzureStorage *azAuth = [[CkoAuthAzureStorage alloc] init];
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];

//  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 an XML response body.
//  In this example, we are listing the blobs in the container named "mycontainer".
NSString *responseStr = [rest FullRequestNoBody: @"GET" uriPath: @"/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list"];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",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 intValue] != 200) {
    //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code = ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response status text = ",rest.ResponseStatusText);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response header: ",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response body (if any): ",responseStr);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"---");
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"LastRequestStartLine: ",rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"LastRequestHeader: ",rest.LastRequestHeader);
    return;
}

//  Load the XML response for parsing.
//  An example of the response XML is shown below.
CkoXml *xml = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
success = [xml LoadXml: responseStr];

NSLog(@"%@",[xml GetXml]);

//  Let's iterate over the blobs...

CkoDateTime *lastMod = [[CkoDateTime alloc] init];

int numBlobs = [[xml NumChildrenAt: @"Blobs"] intValue];
int i = 0;
CkoDtObj *dt = [[CkoDtObj alloc] init];
while (i < numBlobs) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d%@",@"---- Blob ",i,@" ----");
    xml.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Name: ",[xml GetChildContent: @"Blobs|Blob[i]|Name"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Content-Length: ",[xml GetChildContent: @"Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Length"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Content-Type: ",[xml GetChildContent: @"Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Type"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Content-MD5: ",[xml GetChildContent: @"Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-MD5"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"BlobType: ",[xml GetChildContent: @"Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|BlobType"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"LeaseStatus: ",[xml GetChildContent: @"Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|LeaseStatus"]);
    [lastMod SetFromRfc822: [xml GetChildContent: @"Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Last-Modified"]];
    [lastMod ToDtObj: YES dtObj: dt];

    NSLog(@"%@%d%@%d%@%d",@"Last-Modified YMD: ",[dt.Year intValue],@",",[dt.Month intValue],@",",[dt.Day intValue]);
    i = i + 1;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"-------------------------");

//  Use the ChilkatPath method to get information for a specific blob:

//  For example, let's say we want the Last-Modified date/time for
//  the blob named "helloWorld.txt"
NSString *lastModStr = [xml ChilkatPath: @"/C/Name,helloWorld.txt|..|Properties|Last-Modified|*"];
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"helloWorld.txt Last-Modified: ",lastModStr);

NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");

//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
//  <EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.blob.core.windows.net/" ContainerName="test">
//      <Blobs>
//          <Blob>
//              <Name>hamletC.xml</Name>
//              <Properties>
//                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 02 May 2016 23:50:30 GMT</Last-Modified>
//                  <Etag>0x8D372E48B6D323A</Etag>
//                  <Content-Length>279658</Content-Length>
//                  <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
//                  <Content-Encoding />
//                  <Content-Language />
//                  <Content-MD5>4E6prI9haw81xadSLeEj3Q==</Content-MD5>
//                  <Cache-Control />
//                  <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="hamletC.xml"</Content-Disposition>
//                  <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
//                  <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
//                  <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
//              </Properties>
//          </Blob>
//          <Blob>
//              <Name>helloWorld.txt</Name>
//              <Properties>
//                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 02 May 2016 15:21:55 GMT</Last-Modified>
//                  <Etag>0x8D3729D7EE38299</Etag>
//                  <Content-Length>12</Content-Length>
//                  <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
//                  <Content-Encoding />
//                  <Content-Language />
//                  <Content-MD5>7Qdih1MuhjZehB6Sv8UNjA==</Content-MD5>
//                  <Cache-Control />
//                  <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="helloWorld.txt"</Content-Disposition>
//                  <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
//                  <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
//                  <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
//              </Properties>
//          </Blob>
//          <Blob>
//              <Name>thisIsATest.txt</Name>
//              <Properties>
//                  <Last-Modified>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:22:13 GMT</Last-Modified>
//                  <Etag>0x8D372E8F9B2A62E</Etag>
//                  <Content-Length>1600</Content-Length>
//                  <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
//                  <Content-Encoding />
//                  <Content-Language />
//                  <Content-MD5>FhgUXYfePg2ItsraPmz0Xg==</Content-MD5>
//                  <Cache-Control />
//                  <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="thisIsATest.txt"</Content-Disposition>
//                  <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
//                  <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
//                  <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
//              </Properties>
//          </Blob>
//      </Blobs>
//      <NextMarker />
//  </EnumerationResults>
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