azure-storage-blob-py

# Azure Blob Storage SDK for Python Client library for Azure Blob Storage — object storage for unstructured data. ## Installation ```bash pip install azure-storage-blob azure-identity ``` ## Environment Variables ```bash AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME=<your-storage-account> # Or use full URL AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_URL=https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net ``` ## Authentication ```python from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient credential = DefaultAzureCredential() account_url = "https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net" blob_service_client = BlobServiceClient(account_url, credential=credential) ``` ## Client Hierarchy | Client | Purpose | Get From | |--------|---------|----------| | `BlobServiceClient` | Account-level operations | Direct instantiation | | `ContainerClient` | Container operations | `blob_service_client.get_container_client()` | | `BlobClient` | Single blob operations | `container_client.get_blob_client()` | ## Core Workflow ### Create Container ```python container_client = blob_service_client.get_container_client("mycontainer") container_client.create_container() ``` ### Upload Blob ```python # From file path blob_client = blob_service_client.get_blob_client( container="mycontainer", blob="sample.txt" ) with open("./local-file.txt", "rb") as data: blob_client.upload_blob(data, overwrite=True) # From bytes/string blob_client.upload_blob(b"Hello, World!", overwrite=True) # From ...