(Visual Basic 6.0) Azure Storage: Get Blob Service Properties

Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to get a blob's service properties.

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' Azure Blob Service Example: Get Blob Service Properties

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

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

' Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim port As Long
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
' In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
Dim success As Long
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
Dim azAuth As New ChilkatAuthAzureStorage
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: 2020-08-04" header to be automatically added.
azAuth.XMsVersion = "2020-08-04"
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.

Dim responseStr As String
responseStr = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/?restype=service&comp=properties")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response code,
' with an XML body.  
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ' Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Debug.Print "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "response body (if any): " & responseStr
    Debug.Print "---"
    Debug.Print "LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine
    Debug.Print "LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader
    Exit Sub
End If

' Load the XML response for parsing.
' An example of the response XML is shown below.
Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
success = xml.LoadXml(responseStr)

Debug.Print xml.GetXml()

' Use the ChilkatPath method to get various pieces of information out
' of the XML.  For example:

Debug.Print "Logging retention policy #days = " & xml.ChilkatPath("Logging|RetentionPolicy|Days|*")
Debug.Print "Hour metrics include APIs = " & xml.ChilkatPath("HourMetrics|IncludeAPIs|*")

' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
' <StorageServiceProperties>
'     <Logging>
'         <Version>1.0</Version>
'         <Read>true</Read>
'         <Write>true</Write>
'         <Delete>true</Delete>
'         <RetentionPolicy>
'             <Enabled>true</Enabled>
'             <Days>7</Days>
'         </RetentionPolicy>
'     </Logging>
'     <HourMetrics>
'         <Version>1.0</Version>
'         <Enabled>true</Enabled>
'         <IncludeAPIs>true</IncludeAPIs>
'         <RetentionPolicy>
'             <Enabled>true</Enabled>
'             <Days>7</Days>
'         </RetentionPolicy>
'     </HourMetrics>
'     <MinuteMetrics>
'         <Version>1.0</Version>
'         <Enabled>false</Enabled>
'         <RetentionPolicy>
'             <Enabled>false</Enabled>
'         </RetentionPolicy>
'     </MinuteMetrics>
'     <Cors />
' </StorageServiceProperties>