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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oAzAuth
LOCAL cResponseStr
LOCAL oXml
LOCAL oLastMod
LOCAL nNumShares
LOCAL i
LOCAL oDt

nSuccess := 0

//  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.

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect to the Azure Storage Blob Service
nBTls := 1
nPort := 443
nBAutoReconnect := 1
//  In this example, the storage account name is "chilkat".
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("chilkat.file.core.windows.net", nPort, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
oAzAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage")
oAzAuth:AccessKey := "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
//  The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
oAzAuth:Account := "chilkat"
oAzAuth:Scheme := "SharedKey"
oAzAuth:Service := "File"
//  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2021-08-06" header to be automatically added.
oAzAuth:XMsVersion := "2021-08-06"
nSuccess := oRest:SetAuthAzureStorage(oAzAuth)

//  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.
cResponseStr := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/?comp=list")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

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

IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    //  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response body (if any): " + cResponseStr
    ? "---"
    ? "LastRequestStartLine: " + oRest:LastRequestStartLine
    ? "LastRequestHeader: " + oRest:LastRequestHeader
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Load the XML response for parsing.
//  An example of the response XML is shown below.
oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
nSuccess := oXml:LoadXml(cResponseStr)

? oXml: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
oLastMod := CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")

nNumShares := oXml:NumChildrenAt("Shares")
i := 0
oDt := CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")
DO WHILE i < nNumShares
    ? "---- Share " + Str(i) + " ----"
    oXml:I := i
    ? "Name: " + oXml:GetChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Name")
    oLastMod:SetFromRfc822(oXml:GetChildContent("Shares|Share[i]|Properties|Last-Modified"))
    oLastMod:ToDtObj(1, oDt)

    ? "Last-Modified YMD: " + Str(oDt:Year) + "," + Str(oDt:Month) + "," + Str(oDt:Day)
    i := i + 1
ENDDO

//  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
//  

? "Success."

oRest:destroy()
oAzAuth:destroy()
oXml:destroy()
oLastMod:destroy()
oDt:destroy()