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Azure Storage: List Blobs

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to fetch the list of blobs in the specified container.

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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.DtObj,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage,
  Chilkat.Xml,
  Chilkat.CkDateTime;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  bTls: Boolean;
  port: Integer;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  azAuth: TAuthAzureStorage;
  responseStr: string;
  xml: TXml;
  lastMod: TCkDateTime;
  numBlobs: Integer;
  i: Integer;
  dt: TDtObj;
  lastModStr: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Azure Blob Service Example: List the blobs in a specified container.
  //  See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd135734.aspx

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

  rest := TRest.Create;

  //  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
  bTls := True;
  port := 443;
  bAutoReconnect := True;
  //  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
  success := rest.Connect('chilkat.blob.core.windows.net',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
  azAuth := TAuthAzureStorage.Create;
  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(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 an XML response body.
  //  In this example, we are listing the blobs in the container named "mycontainer".
  responseStr := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list');
  if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
  //  with an XML response body.

  if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
    begin
      //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
      WriteLn('response status code = ' + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
      WriteLn('response status text = ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
      WriteLn('response header: ' + rest.ResponseHeader);
      WriteLn('response body (if any): ' + responseStr);
      WriteLn('---');
      WriteLn('LastRequestStartLine: ' + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
      WriteLn('LastRequestHeader: ' + rest.LastRequestHeader);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Load the XML response for parsing.
  //  An example of the response XML is shown below.
  xml := TXml.Create;
  success := xml.LoadXml(responseStr);

  WriteLn(xml.GetXml());

  //  Let's iterate over the blobs...

  lastMod := TCkDateTime.Create;

  numBlobs := xml.NumChildrenAt('Blobs');
  i := 0;
  dt := TDtObj.Create;
  while i < numBlobs do
    begin
      WriteLn('---- Blob ' + i + ' ----');
      xml.I := i;
      WriteLn('Name: ' + xml.GetChildContent('Blobs|Blob[i]|Name'));
      WriteLn('Content-Length: ' + xml.GetChildContent('Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Length'));
      WriteLn('Content-Type: ' + xml.GetChildContent('Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Type'));
      WriteLn('Content-MD5: ' + xml.GetChildContent('Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-MD5'));
      WriteLn('BlobType: ' + xml.GetChildContent('Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|BlobType'));
      WriteLn('LeaseStatus: ' + xml.GetChildContent('Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|LeaseStatus'));
      lastMod.SetFromRfc822(xml.GetChildContent('Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Last-Modified'));
      lastMod.ToDtObj(True,dt);

      WriteLn('Last-Modified YMD: ' + dt.Year + ',' + dt.Month + ',' + dt.Day);
      i := i + 1;
    end;

  WriteLn('-------------------------');

  //  Use the ChilkatPath method to get information for a specific blob:

  //  For example, let's say we want the Last-Modified date/time for
  //  the blob named "helloWorld.txt"
  lastModStr := xml.ChilkatPath('/C/Name,helloWorld.txt|..|Properties|Last-Modified|*');
  WriteLn('helloWorld.txt Last-Modified: ' + lastModStr);

  WriteLn('Success.');

  //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  //  <EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.blob.core.windows.net/" ContainerName="test">
  //      <Blobs>
  //          <Blob>
  //              <Name>hamletC.xml</Name>
  //              <Properties>
  //                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 02 May 2016 23:50:30 GMT</Last-Modified>
  //                  <Etag>0x8D372E48B6D323A</Etag>
  //                  <Content-Length>279658</Content-Length>
  //                  <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
  //                  <Content-Encoding />
  //                  <Content-Language />
  //                  <Content-MD5>4E6prI9haw81xadSLeEj3Q==</Content-MD5>
  //                  <Cache-Control />
  //                  <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="hamletC.xml"</Content-Disposition>
  //                  <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
  //                  <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
  //                  <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
  //              </Properties>
  //          </Blob>
  //          <Blob>
  //              <Name>helloWorld.txt</Name>
  //              <Properties>
  //                  <Last-Modified>Mon, 02 May 2016 15:21:55 GMT</Last-Modified>
  //                  <Etag>0x8D3729D7EE38299</Etag>
  //                  <Content-Length>12</Content-Length>
  //                  <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
  //                  <Content-Encoding />
  //                  <Content-Language />
  //                  <Content-MD5>7Qdih1MuhjZehB6Sv8UNjA==</Content-MD5>
  //                  <Cache-Control />
  //                  <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="helloWorld.txt"</Content-Disposition>
  //                  <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
  //                  <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
  //                  <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
  //              </Properties>
  //          </Blob>
  //          <Blob>
  //              <Name>thisIsATest.txt</Name>
  //              <Properties>
  //                  <Last-Modified>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:22:13 GMT</Last-Modified>
  //                  <Etag>0x8D372E8F9B2A62E</Etag>
  //                  <Content-Length>1600</Content-Length>
  //                  <Content-Type>application/octet-stream</Content-Type>
  //                  <Content-Encoding />
  //                  <Content-Language />
  //                  <Content-MD5>FhgUXYfePg2ItsraPmz0Xg==</Content-MD5>
  //                  <Cache-Control />
  //                  <Content-Disposition>attachment; filename="thisIsATest.txt"</Content-Disposition>
  //                  <BlobType>BlockBlob</BlobType>
  //                  <LeaseStatus>unlocked</LeaseStatus>
  //                  <LeaseState>available</LeaseState>
  //              </Properties>
  //          </Blob>
  //      </Blobs>
  //      <NextMarker />
  //  </EnumerationResults>
  //  


  rest.Free;
  azAuth.Free;
  xml.Free;
  lastMod.Free;
  dt.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.