(Perl) Get Container Properties

Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to get the properties of a container.

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use chilkat();

# Azure Blob Service Example: Get Container Properties
# See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179370.aspx

# 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 = $rest->Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    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("Blob");
# This causes the "x-ms-version: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
$azAuth->put_XMsVersion("2020-08-04");
$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 no response body.
# In this example, we are getting the properties of the container named "mycontainer".
$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/mycontainer?restype=container");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
# with no 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;
}

# The container properties are located in the response header.
# The full response header can be obtained like this:
print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
print "--" . "\r\n";

# Individual response header fields can be retrieved like this:
print "x-ms-lease-status: " . $rest->responseHdrByName("x-ms-lease-status") . "\r\n";
print "x-ms-lease-state: " . $rest->responseHdrByName("x-ms-lease-state") . "\r\n";

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