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Azure File Service: Create a Directory

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Sample code to create a directory and then a sub-directory in a share in the Azure File Service. PowerShell

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

$success = $false

# Azure File Service Example: Create a Directory
# See:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/create-directory

# 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 = $rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
$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 = "File"
# 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.

# Send a PUT request to create a directory named "wildlife" in the "pip" share.
$responseStr = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/pip/wildlife?restype=directory")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# When successful, the Azure File Service will respond with a 201 (Created) response status code,
# with no XML response body.  If an error response is returned, there will be an XML response body.

if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 201) {
    # 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
}

$("Successfully created the wildlife directory")

# Now create the "antarctic" subdirectory under the "wildlife" directory.
$responseStr = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("PUT","/pip/wildlife/antarctic?restype=directory")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 201) {
    # 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
}

$("Successfully created the wildlife/antarctic directory")