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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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// 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.

let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
let b_tls = true;
let port = 443;
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
// In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
if rest.connect("chilkat.blob.core.windows.net", port, b_tls, b_auto_reconnect).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
let az_auth = chilkat::AuthAzureStorage::new();
az_auth.set_access_key("AZURE_ACCESS_KEY");
// The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
az_auth.set_account("chilkat");
az_auth.set_scheme("SharedKey");
az_auth.set_service("Blob");
// This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
az_auth.set_x_ms_version("2021-08-06");
let _ = rest.set_auth_azure_storage(&az_auth).is_ok();

// 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".
let Ok(response_str) = rest.full_request_no_body("GET", "/mycontainer?restype=container&comp=list") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

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

if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    println!("response status code = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("response status text = {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("response header: {}", rest.response_header());
    println!("response body (if any): {}", response_str);
    println!("---");
    println!("LastRequestStartLine: {}", rest.last_request_start_line());
    println!("LastRequestHeader: {}", rest.last_request_header());
    return;
}

// Load the XML response for parsing.
// An example of the response XML is shown below.
let xml = chilkat::Xml::new();
let _ = xml.load_xml(&response_str).is_ok();

println!("{}", xml.get_xml().unwrap_or_default());

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

let last_mod = chilkat::DateTime::new();

let num_blobs = xml.num_children_at("Blobs");
let mut i = 0;
let dt = chilkat::DtObj::new();
while i < num_blobs {
    println!("---- Blob {} ----", i);
    xml.set_i(i);
    println!("Name: {}", xml.get_child_content("Blobs|Blob[i]|Name").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("Content-Length: {}", xml.get_child_content("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Length").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("Content-Type: {}", xml.get_child_content("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-Type").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("Content-MD5: {}", xml.get_child_content("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Content-MD5").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("BlobType: {}", xml.get_child_content("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|BlobType").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("LeaseStatus: {}", xml.get_child_content("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|LeaseStatus").unwrap_or_default());
    let _ = last_mod.set_from_rfc822(&xml.get_child_content("Blobs|Blob[i]|Properties|Last-Modified").unwrap_or_default());
    last_mod.to_dt_obj(true, &dt);

    println!("Last-Modified YMD: {},{},{}", dt.year(), dt.month(), dt.day());
    i = i + 1;
}

println!("-------------------------");

// 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"
let last_mod_str = xml.chilkat_path("/C/Name,helloWorld.txt|..|Properties|Last-Modified|*").unwrap_or_default();
println!("helloWorld.txt Last-Modified: {}", last_mod_str);

println!("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>
//