Tcl

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. Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

# 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.

set rest [new_CkRest]

# Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
set bTls 1
set port 443
set bAutoReconnect 1
# In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "chilkat.file.core.windows.net" $port $bTls $bAutoReconnect]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    exit
}

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
set azAuth [new_CkAuthAzureStorage]

CkAuthAzureStorage_put_AccessKey $azAuth "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
# The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
CkAuthAzureStorage_put_Account $azAuth "chilkat"
CkAuthAzureStorage_put_Scheme $azAuth "SharedKey"
CkAuthAzureStorage_put_Service $azAuth "File"
# This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
CkAuthAzureStorage_put_XMsVersion $azAuth "2021-08-06"
set success [CkRest_SetAuthAzureStorage $rest $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.
set responseStr [CkRest_fullRequestNoBody $rest "PUT" "/pip/wildlife?restype=directory"]
if {[CkRest_get_LastMethodSuccess $rest] != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAzureStorage $azAuth
    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 {[CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest] != 201} then {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    puts "response status code = [CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest]"
    puts "response status text = [CkRest_responseStatusText $rest]"
    puts "response header: [CkRest_responseHeader $rest]"
    puts "response body (if any): $responseStr"
    puts "---"
    puts "LastRequestStartLine: [CkRest_lastRequestStartLine $rest]"
    puts "LastRequestHeader: [CkRest_lastRequestHeader $rest]"
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAzureStorage $azAuth
    exit
}

puts "Successfully created the wildlife directory"

# Now create the "antarctic" subdirectory under the "wildlife" directory.
set responseStr [CkRest_fullRequestNoBody $rest "PUT" "/pip/wildlife/antarctic?restype=directory"]
if {[CkRest_get_LastMethodSuccess $rest] != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAzureStorage $azAuth
    exit
}

if {[CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest] != 201} then {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    puts "response status code = [CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest]"
    puts "response status text = [CkRest_responseStatusText $rest]"
    puts "response header: [CkRest_responseHeader $rest]"
    puts "response body (if any): $responseStr"
    puts "---"
    puts "LastRequestStartLine: [CkRest_lastRequestStartLine $rest]"
    puts "LastRequestHeader: [CkRest_lastRequestHeader $rest]"
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAzureStorage $azAuth
    exit
}

puts "Successfully created the wildlife/antarctic directory"

delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkAuthAzureStorage $azAuth