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azure_blob_storage_quickstart_upload_list_download_delete.py

python

This quickstart shows how to use the Azure Blob Storage client library for

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azure_blob_storage_quickstart_upload_list_download_delete.py
1import os, uuid
2from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
3from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient, BlobClient, ContainerClient
4
5try:
6    print("Azure Blob Storage Python quickstart sample")
7
8    # Quickstart: Authenticate with DefaultAzureCredential
9    # Ensure you have AZURE_STORAGE_BLOB_URL environment variable set
10    # or use a connection string with from_connection_string()
11    account_url = "https://<your-storage-account-name>.blob.core.windows.net"
12    default_credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
13
14    # Create the BlobServiceClient object
15    blob_service_client = BlobServiceClient(account_url, credential=default_credential)
16
17    # Create a unique name for the container
18    container_name = str(uuid.uuid4())
19
20    # Create the container
21    container_client = blob_service_client.create_container(container_name)
22
23    # Create a local directory to hold blob data
24    local_path = "./data"
25    os.makedirs(local_path, exist_ok=True)
26
27    # Create a file in the local data directory to upload and download
28    local_file_name = str(uuid.uuid4()) + ".txt"
29    upload_file_path = os.path.join(local_path, local_file_name)
30
31    # Write text to the file
32    file = open(file=upload_file_path, mode='w')
33    file.write("Hello, World!")
34    file.close()
35
36    # Create a blob client using the local file name as the name for the blob
37    blob_client = blob_service_client.get_blob_client(container=container_name, blob=local_file_name)
38
39    print("\nUploading to Azure Storage as blob:\n\t" + local_file_name)
40
41    # Upload the created file
42    with open(file=upload_file_path, mode="rb") as data:
43        blob_client.upload_blob(data)
44
45    print("\nListing blobs...")
46
47    # List the blobs in the container
48    blob_list = container_client.list_blobs()
49    for blob in blob_list:
50        print("\t" + blob.name)
51
52    # Download the blob to a local file
53    # Add 'DOWNLOAD' before the name to distinguish it from the uploaded file
54    download_file_path = os.path.join(local_path, str.replace(local_file_name ,'.txt', 'DOWNLOAD.txt'))
55    container_client = blob_service_client.get_container_client(container= container_name) 
56    print("\nDownloading blob to \n\t" + download_file_path)
57
58    with open(file=download_file_path, mode="wb") as download_file:
59     download_file.write(container_client.download_blob(blob.name).readall())
60
61    # Clean up
62    print("\nPress the Enter key to begin clean up")
63    input()
64
65    print("Deleting blob container...")
66    container_client.delete_container()
67
68    print("Deleting the local source and downloaded files...")
69    os.remove(upload_file_path)
70    os.remove(download_file_path)
71    os.rmdir(local_path)
72
73    print("Done")
74
75except Exception as ex:
76    print('Exception:')
77    print(ex)