Perl 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. Perl

use chilkat();

$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 = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#  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) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = chilkat::CkAuthAzureStorage->new();
$azAuth->put_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->put_Account("chilkat");
$azAuth->put_Scheme("SharedKey");
$azAuth->put_Service("File");
#  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
$azAuth->put_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.
$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/?comp=list");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    #  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body (if any): " . $responseStr . "\r\n";
    print "---" . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestStartLine: " . $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestHeader: " . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Load the XML response for parsing.
#  An example of the response XML is shown below.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$success = $xml->LoadXml($responseStr);

print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

#  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 = chilkat::CkDateTime->new();

$numShares = $xml->NumChildrenAt("Shares");
$i = 0;
$dt = chilkat::CkDtObj->new();
while ($i < $numShares) {
    print "---- Share " . $i . " ----" . "\r\n";
    $xml->put_I($i);
    print "Name: " . $xml->getChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Name") . "\r\n";
    $lastMod->SetFromRfc822($xml->getChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Properties|Last-Modified"));
    $lastMod->ToDtObj(1,$dt);

    print "Last-Modified YMD: " . $dt->get_Year() . "," . $dt->get_Month() . "," . $dt->get_Day() . "\r\n";
    $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
#  

print "Success." . "\r\n";