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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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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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.

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
# In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
$success = $rest->Connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
$azAuth = chilkat::CkAuthAzureStorage->new();
$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.

$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/?comp=list");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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.
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body (if any): " . $responseStr . "\r\n";
    print "---" . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestStartLine: " . $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\r\n";
    print "LastRequestHeader: " . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Load the XML response for parsing.
# A sample XML response containing 2 containers is shown below.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$success = $xml->LoadXml($responseStr);

print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

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

    $leaseState = $xml->chilkatPath("Properties|LeaseState|*");
    print "Lease State: " . $leaseState . "\r\n";

    $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>