VBScript

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. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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 = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
' In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
success = rest.Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST calls.
set azAuth = CreateObject("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 <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' 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) Then
    ' Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    outFile.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("response body (if any): " & responseStr)
    outFile.WriteLine("---")
    outFile.WriteLine("LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    outFile.WriteLine("LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("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 <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) Then
    ' Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    outFile.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("response body (if any): " & responseStr)
    outFile.WriteLine("---")
    outFile.WriteLine("LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    outFile.WriteLine("LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Successfully created the wildlife/antarctic directory")

outFile.Close