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Azure File Service: List Shares

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Sample code to list the file shares in an Azure storage account.

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import { AuthAzureStorage, CkDateTime, DtObj, Rest, Xml } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // Azure File Service Example: List all the file shares in a storage account.
  // See also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/list-shares

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

  const rest = new Rest();

  // Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
  const bTls = true;
  const port = 443;
  const bAutoReconnect = true;
  // In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
  try {
    await rest.connectAsync('chilkat.file.core.windows.net', port, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
  const azAuth = new 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';
  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 the GET request to list the shares.
  let responseStr: string;
  try {
    responseStr = await rest.fullRequestNoBodyAsync('GET', '/?comp=list');
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

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

  if (rest.responseStatusCode !== 200) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    console.log(`response status code = ${rest.responseStatusCode}`);
    console.log(`response status text = ${rest.responseStatusText}`);
    console.log(`response header: ${rest.responseHeader}`);
    console.log(`response body (if any): ${responseStr}`);
    console.log('---');
    console.log(`LastRequestStartLine: ${rest.lastRequestStartLine}`);
    console.log(`LastRequestHeader: ${rest.lastRequestHeader}`);
    return;
  }

  // Load the XML response for parsing.
  // An example of the response XML is shown below.
  const xml = new Xml();
  xml.loadXml(responseStr);

  console.log(xml.getXml());

  // Here's a sample response:

  // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  // <EnumerationResults ServiceEndpoint="https://chilkat.file.core.windows.net/">
  //     <Shares>
  //         <Share>
  //             <Name>beardie</Name>
  //             <Properties>
  //                 <Last-Modified>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:24:57 GMT</Last-Modified>
  //                 <Etag>"0x8D4BCD9CBD872E5"</Etag>
  //                 <Quota>5120</Quota>
  //             </Properties>
  //         </Share>
  //         <Share>
  //             <Name>pip</Name>
  //             <Properties>
  //                 <Last-Modified>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:24:44 GMT</Last-Modified>
  //                 <Etag>"0x8D4BCD9C3D823D1"</Etag>
  //                 <Quota>5120</Quota>
  //             </Properties>
  //         </Share>
  //     </Shares>
  //     <NextMarker />
  // </EnumerationResults>

  // Let's iterate over the file shares
  const lastMod = new CkDateTime();

  const numShares = xml.numChildrenAt('Shares');
  let i = 0;
  const dt = new DtObj();
  while (i < numShares) {
    console.log(`---- Share ${i} ----`);
    xml.i = i;
    console.log(`Name: ${xml.getChildContent('Shares|Share[i]|Name')}`);
    lastMod.setFromRfc822(xml.getChildContent('Shares|Share[i]|Properties|Last-Modified'));
    lastMod.toDtObj(true, dt);

    console.log(`Last-Modified YMD: ${dt.year},${dt.month},${dt.day}`);
    i++;
  }

  // Output for the above loop:

  // ---- Share 0 ----
  // Name: beardie
  // Last-Modified YMD: 2017,6,26
  // ---- Share 1 ----
  // Name: pip
  // Last-Modified YMD: 2017,6,26
  // 

  console.log('Success.');
}