Sample Request and Response

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Sample Request and Response

Here is a sample URI that requests the list of containers for an account, setting the maximum results to return for the initial operation to 3.
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GET http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net?comp=list&maxresults=3&timeout=30

The response XML for this request is as follows. Note that the NextMarker element follows the set of containers and includes the name of the next container to be returned.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EnumerationResults AccountName=" http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net">
  <MaxResults>3</MaxResults>
  <Containers>
    <Container>
      <Url>http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/audio</Url>
      <LastModified>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:39:39 GMT</LastModified>
      <Etag>0x8CACB9BD7C6B1B2</Etag>
    </Container>
    <Container>
      <Url>http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/images</Url>
      <LastModified>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:39:39 GMT</LastModified>
      <Etag>0x8CACB9BD7C1EEEC</Etag>
    </Container>
    <Container>
      <Url>http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/textfiles</Url>
      <LastModified>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:39:39 GMT</LastModified>
      <Etag>0x8CACB9BD7BACAC3</Etag>
    </Container>
  </Containers>
  <NextMarker>video</NextMarker>
</EnumerationResults>

The subsequent list operation specifies the marker on the request URI, as follows. The next set of results is returned beginning with the container specified by the marker.
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http://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net?comp=list&maxresults=3&marker=video&timeout=30