CkPython

Set Container Metadata

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Azure Storage Blob Service REST API: Sample code to set the user-defined metadata of a container. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

# Azure Blob Service Example: Set Container User-Defined Metadata
# See also: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179362.aspx

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

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

# 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 != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
azAuth = chilkat.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)

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

# Add each name-value pair of metadata to associate with the container.
# To remove all metadata from the container, simply don't add any x-ms-meta- headers.
success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-meta-Category","Images")
success = rest.AddHeader("x-ms-meta-Resolution","High")

# The expected success response is a 200 response status code with no response body.
# In this example, we are setting the metadata of the container named "mycontainer".
responseStr = rest.fullRequestNoBody("PUT","/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=metadata")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# When successful, the Azure Storage service will respond with a 200 response status code,
# with no response body.

if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200):
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText())
    print("response header: " + rest.responseHeader())
    print("response body (if any): " + responseStr)
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine())
    print("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader())
    sys.exit()

print("Success.")