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How to upload and download blobs from Azure Blob Storage with Java

This sample shows how to do the following operations of Storage Blobs with Storage SDK

• Create a container
• Upload a blob
• Enumerate blobs
• Download a blob
• Delete a blob
• Delete a container

Use latest Storage Blob SDK

The Storage Blob SDK package version in this repo is 11.x.x. It's strongly recommended that you use the latest version of the Storage Blob SDK package, please refer to the following examples:

• BasicExample.java - Examples for common Storage Blob tasks:
  • Create a container
  • Upload a blob
  • Download a blob
  • Enumerate blobs
  • Delete the blob
  • Delete the container

Prerequisites

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Create a Storage Account using the Azure portal

Step 1 : Create a new general-purpose storage account to use for this tutorial.

• Go to the Azure Portal and log in using your Azure account.
• Select New > Storage > Storage account.
• Select your Subscription.
• For Resource group, create a new one and give it a unique name.
• Enter a name for your storage account.
• Select the Location to use for your Storage Account.
• Set Account kind to StorageV2(general purpose v2).
• Set Performance to Standard.
• Set Replication to Locally-redundant storage (LRS).
• Set Secure transfer required to Disabled.
• Check Review + create and click Create to create your Storage Account.

Step 2 : Copy and save keys.

• After your Storage Account is created. Click on it to open it. Select Settings > Access keys > key1/key2, Select a key and copy the Key to the clipboard, then paste it into text editor for later use.

Set credentials in environment variables

Linux

export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="<YourAccountName>"
export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY="<YourAccountKey>"

Windows

setx AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT "<YourAccountName>"
setx AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY "<YourAccountKey>"

Run the application

First, clone the repository on your machine:

git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-sdk-for-java-storage-blob-upload-download.git

Finally, run the application with the mvn compile exec:java command.

mvn compile exec:java

Resources

• Azure Storage Blob SDK for Java
• API Reference

Contributing

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