Swift

Get Container Metadata

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to get the user-defined metadata of a container. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // Azure Blob Service Example: Get Container User-Defined Metadata
    // See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee691976.aspx

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let rest = CkoRest()!

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var port: Int = 443
    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    success = rest.connect(hostname: "chilkat.blob.core.windows.net", port: port, tls: bTls, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    let azAuth = CkoAuthAzureStorage()!
    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(authProvider: 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 metadata of the container named "mycontainer".
    var responseStr: String? = rest.fullRequestNoBody(httpVerb: "GET", uriPath: "/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=metadata")
    if rest.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
    // with no response body.

    if rest.responseStatusCode.intValue != 200 {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        print("response status code = \(rest.responseStatusCode.intValue)")
        print("response status text = \(rest.responseStatusText!)")
        print("response header: \(rest.responseHeader!)")
        print("response body (if any): \(responseStr!)")
        print("---")
        print("LastRequestStartLine: \(rest.lastRequestStartLine!)")
        print("LastRequestHeader: \(rest.lastRequestHeader!)")
        return
    }

    // The user-defined metadata is located in the response header.
    // The full response header can be obtained like this:
    print("response header: \(rest.responseHeader!)")
    print("--")

    // Metadata headers begin with "x-ms-meta-"
    // Individual response header fields can be retrieved like this:
    print("x-ms-meta-Category: \(rest.responseHdr(byName: "x-ms-meta-Category")!)")
    print("x-ms-meta-Resolution: \(rest.responseHdr(byName: "x-ms-meta-Resolution")!)")

    print("Success.")

}