How to Upload and Download Files Pragmatically to Azure Blob Storage using VB.
Net
In this tutorial I’m going to show how to:
• Connect to Azure Storage
• List files/folders (CloudBlockBlob/CloudBlobDirectory) within an Azure File Storage
• Create a Shared Access Signature for a Blob
• Obtain Blob properties
• Read content from a Blob
• Write content to a Blob
• Upload a Blob to Azure File Storage
• Delete a Blob
• Rename/Move a Blob
• Download a Blob
Source code for this Project can be found here:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage
You can fid the Part 1 of this tutorial here:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/AzureTutorials/blob/master/Azure%20File%20Storage%
20Overview.pdf
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At the end of this tutorial we will be ending up a UI like bellow.
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To get start we will be creating an ASP.Net Web Project.
• Language – VB.Net
In the Solution Explorer, right click on the Project and select Manage NuGet Packages.
Under Browse tab Search for Microsoft.Azure.Stroage.Blob and on the results Select it and Click
Install.
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For this tutorial we will be using the same File Storage Account we created earlier tutorial. You can
find the tutorial here:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/AzureTutorials/blob/master/Azure%20File%20Storage%
20Overview.pdf
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We will be storing all Storage Account related information in Web.config.
Web.config
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Web.config
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Web.config#L5
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You can get the connection string from "Access Keys" tab.
You can get the Blob URL from "Properties" tab.
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Default.aspx
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx
Default.aspx.vb
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb
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Code Snippets:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb
Code 01 - Connect to Azure Storage
Bellow configurations will be read from web.config.
• File Storage Account name – [key="storage:accountName"]
• File Storage key – [key="storage:key"]
• File Storage URI – [key="storage:uri"]
• File Storage Container name – [key="storage:containerName"]
• File Storage directory – [key="storage:directoryUploadDocs"]
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Web.config#L5
Connect to Azure File Storage by retrieving the config values from we.b.config
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L16
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L151
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Code 02 - List files/folders (CloudBlockBlob/CloudBlobDirectory) within an Azure File Storage
On Page_Load we have called ShowDocumentList() function. It will read configuration from
web.config and connect to Azure File Storage and list all the Blobs.
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L8
Read list of Blobs:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L23
Iterate through Blobs:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L42
Iterate through Directories:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L100
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Code 03 - Write content to a Blob
Write content to Blob:
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L238
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Code 04 - Create a Shared Access Signature for a Blob
Generate SharedAccessBlobPolicy which has:
• Read access
• Expiry time of 20 minutes
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L69
Code 05 - Obtain Blob properties
Retrieve Blob properties like:
• Blob size
• Blob last modified date
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L92
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Code 06 - Upload a Blob to Azure File Storage
Upload a Blob with:
• Check if the Blob already exists
• Upload the Blob as an InputStream
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L163
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Code 07 - Read content from a Blob
Read Blob content using StreamReader and Writes to a TextArea.
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L82
Code 08 - Delete a Blob
Delete a Blob with:
• Check if the Blob already exists
• Delete Blob
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L209
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Code 09 - Rename/Move a Blob
Rename functionality:
• First create a new file copy using existing old file
• Next delete the existing old file
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L281
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Code 10 - Download a Blob
In this example I have shown 3 ways how we can Download a Blob.
• Download to a file – DownloadFile()
• Writing to MemoryStream and FileStream
• Using Response.Redirect
https://github.com/patricksameerajayalath/Azure.FileStorage/blob/master/Default.aspx.vb#L321
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