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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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$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.

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
# In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
$success = $rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = New-Object 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 -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response code,
# with an XML body.  
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response body (if any): " + $responseStr)
    $("---")
    $("LastRequestStartLine: " + $rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    $("LastRequestHeader: " + $rest.LastRequestHeader)
    exit
}

# Load the XML response for parsing.
# A sample XML response containing 2 containers is shown below.
$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$success = $xml.LoadXml($responseStr)

$($xml.GetXml())

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

    $leaseState = $xml.ChilkatPath("Properties|LeaseState|*")
    $("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>