React Native

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. React Native

import { AuthAzureStorage, Rest } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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.

  const rest = new Rest();

  // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
  const bTls = true;
  const port = 443;
  const bAutoReconnect = true;
  // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
  try {
    await rest.connectAsync('chilkat.file.core.windows.net', port, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
  const azAuth = new 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';
  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.
  let responseStr: string;
  try {
    responseStr = await rest.fullRequestNoBodyAsync('PUT', '/pip/wildlife?restype=directory');
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // 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 !== 201) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    console.log(`response status code = ${rest.responseStatusCode}`);
    console.log(`response status text = ${rest.responseStatusText}`);
    console.log(`response header: ${rest.responseHeader}`);
    console.log(`response body (if any): ${responseStr}`);
    console.log('---');
    console.log(`LastRequestStartLine: ${rest.lastRequestStartLine}`);
    console.log(`LastRequestHeader: ${rest.lastRequestHeader}`);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Successfully created the wildlife directory');

  // Now create the "antarctic" subdirectory under the "wildlife" directory.
  try {
    responseStr = await rest.fullRequestNoBodyAsync('PUT', '/pip/wildlife/antarctic?restype=directory');
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  if (rest.responseStatusCode !== 201) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    console.log(`response status code = ${rest.responseStatusCode}`);
    console.log(`response status text = ${rest.responseStatusText}`);
    console.log(`response header: ${rest.responseHeader}`);
    console.log(`response body (if any): ${responseStr}`);
    console.log('---');
    console.log(`LastRequestStartLine: ${rest.lastRequestStartLine}`);
    console.log(`LastRequestHeader: ${rest.lastRequestHeader}`);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Successfully created the wildlife/antarctic directory');
}