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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.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// 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.

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

// 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 . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = new COM("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 = '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.

$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('GET','/?comp=list');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// 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.
    print 'response status code = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'response status text = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'response header: ' . $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print 'response body (if any): ' . $responseStr . "\n";
    print '---' . "\n";
    print 'LastRequestStartLine: ' . $rest->LastRequestStartLine . "\n";
    print 'LastRequestHeader: ' . $rest->LastRequestHeader . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Load the XML response for parsing.
// A sample XML response containing 2 containers is shown below.
$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$success = $xml->LoadXml($responseStr);

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

// Iterate over the containers, listing some information about each.
$success = $xml->FindChild2('Containers');
$numContainers = $xml->NumChildren;
$i = 0;
while (($i < $numContainers)) {
    $success = $xml->GetChild2($i);
    print 'Container Name: ' . $xml->getChildContent('Name') . "\n";
    $lastModDateStr = $xml->chilkatPath('Properties|Last-Modified|*');
    print 'Last Modified: ' . $lastModDateStr . "\n";
    // The date/time string can be loaded into a CkDateTime object for conversion to other date formats..
    $dateTime = new COM("Chilkat.CkDateTime");
    $success = $dateTime->SetFromRfc822($lastModDateStr);

    $leaseState = $xml->chilkatPath('Properties|LeaseState|*');
    print 'Lease State: ' . $leaseState . "\n";

    $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>

?>