Azure blobs can be interacted with through Visual Studio. Here we will go through an example of interacting with a blob in a C# console app.
First, create a new console app:
This will create:
We will add 2 NuGet packages:
- WindowsAzure.Storage
- Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Configuration Manager
And:
In the app.settings, add the key below, with the value of your storage account:
<appSettings>
<add key="StorageConnectionString" value="yourconnection" />
</appSettings>
To get the value, go to your storage account in Azure and add the connection string information, for example:
Now in the code, add the directives:
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob;
And add the code:
using System.Collections.Generic; |
using System.Threading.Tasks; |
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure; |
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage; |
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob; |
static void Main(string[] args) |
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse( |
Microsoft.Azure.CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnectionString")); |
CloudBlobClient blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient(); |
CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("newcontainerthroughcode"); |
Console.WriteLine("Creating new container"); |
container.CreateIfNotExists(); |
Console.WriteLine("Complete"); |
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString()); |
This produces:
And the container is created in the portal:
From here, you can perform several different blob operations, including:
- Upload a blob to a container
- Listing blobs in containers
- Downloading blobs
- Deleting blobs
- Write to an append blob such as a log
THANKS FOR READING. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I NEED YOUR HELP.
I AM SPENDING MORE TIME THESE DAYS CREATING YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN THE MICROSOFT POWER PLATFORM.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW I BUILD APPS, OR FIND SOMETHING USEFUL READING MY BLOG, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SUBSCRIBING TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
THANK YOU, AND LET'S KEEP LEARNING TOGETHER.
CARL
https://www.youtube.com/carldesouza
