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Azure Blob Service - List all Containers in a Storage Account

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Lists all the containers in a storage account.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // Azure Blob Service Example: List all of the containers in an account.

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

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
    success = rest.Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAzureStorage azAuth = new CkAuthAzureStorage();
    azAuth.put_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.put_Account("chilkat");
    azAuth.put_Scheme("SharedKey");
    azAuth.put_Service("Blob");
    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.put_XMsVersion("2021-08-06");
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(azAuth);

    // URI parameters, such as "maxresults", are added by calling AddQueryParam
    success = rest.AddQueryParam("maxresults","1000");

    // Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
    // headers: x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
    // are automatically set by Chilkat.

    String responseStr = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/?comp=list");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response code,
    // with an XML body.  
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        System.out.println("response status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        System.out.println("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        System.out.println("response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        System.out.println("response body (if any): " + responseStr);
        System.out.println("---");
        System.out.println("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine());
        System.out.println("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader());
        return;
        }

    // Load the XML response for parsing.
    // A sample XML response containing 2 containers is shown below.
    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    success = xml.LoadXml(responseStr);

    System.out.println(xml.getXml());

    // Iterate over the containers, listing some information about each.
    success = xml.FindChild2("Containers");
    int numContainers = xml.get_NumChildren();
    int i = 0;
    while ((i < numContainers)) {
        success = xml.GetChild2(i);
        System.out.println("Container Name: " + xml.getChildContent("Name"));
        String lastModDateStr = xml.chilkatPath("Properties|Last-Modified|*");
        System.out.println("Last Modified: " + lastModDateStr);
        // The date/time string can be loaded into a CkDateTime object for conversion to other date formats..
        CkDateTime dateTime = new CkDateTime();
        success = dateTime.SetFromRfc822(lastModDateStr);

        String leaseState = xml.chilkatPath("Properties|LeaseState|*");
        System.out.println("Lease State: " + leaseState);

        success = xml.GetParent2();
        i = i+1;
        }

    success = xml.GetParent2();

    // Sample XML response:

    // 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // 	<EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.blob.core.windows.net/">
    // 	    <MaxResults>1000</MaxResults>
    // 	    <Containers>
    // 	        <Container>
    // 	            <Name>test</Name>
    // 	            <Properties>
    // 	                <Last-Modified>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:02:25 GMT</Last-Modified>
    // 	                <Etag>"0x8D368B77024C583"</Etag>
    // 	                <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
    // 	                <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
    // 	            </Properties>
    // 	        </Container>
    // 	        <Container>
    // 	            <Name>test2</Name>
    // 	            <Properties>
    // 	                <Last-Modified>Tue, 03 May 2016 17:13:01 GMT</Last-Modified>
    // 	                <Etag>"0x8D373762EB6AC85"</Etag>
    // 	                <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
    // 	                <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
    // 	            </Properties>
    // 	        </Container>
    // 	    </Containers>
    // 	    <NextMarker />
    // 	</EnumerationResults>
  }
}