Azure function: access a folder structure

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just started testing azure functions to see if it will fit in our application.

What I want is a function like /api/updateToVersion/3.0 where the code will look if there is a folder 3.0 and if there is it will zip the folder and send over as byte[].

But I don't understand where should I keep this folder (which may have multiple files). Azube blob storage (correct me if I am wrong) is for single files. Not folders. I have uploaded folder 3.0 to my microsoft azure storage (in Files shares). How can I access the from my function?

Martin Brandl · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-26 10:28:21Z

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You can interact with your files using the Azure Storage SDK. Unfortunately, you won't be able to simple mount your Azure File Share within your Azure Function.

However, I would use Azure Blob Storage. Azure Blob Storage uses something like virtual directories where the directory name is part of the filename.

e. g. you have a container named mycontainer you can have files in there like:

/api/updateToVersion/3.0/customers.csv
/api/updateToVersion/3.0/account.txt

Now you can retrieve all files that are within /api/updateToVersion/3.0/ - example:

 var directory = CloudStorageAccount.Parse("yourCs").
    CreateCloudBlobClient().
    GetContainerReference("mycontainer").
    GetDirectoryReference(@"/api/updateToVersion/3.0/");

Finally iterate over the files and zip / send them.

edited Jul 26, 2018 at 10:28

answered Jul 26, 2018 at 10:21

Martin Brandl

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Harris · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-27 11:02:23Z

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So after some research I concluded to this:

CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(webStorageConfigString);
CloudFileClient fileClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudFileClient();
CloudFileShare share = fileClient.GetShareReference("MYFOLDERNAME");
if (!(await share.ExistsAsync()))
  throw new Exception($"No folder found: MYFOLDERNAME");

// Get a reference to the root directory for the share.
CloudFileDirectory rootDir = share.GetRootDirectoryReference();
CloudFileDirectory mcmUpdateDir = rootDir.GetDirectoryReference("OTHER FOLDER");

and so on. I just post it here for others which have the same questions

answered Jul 27, 2018 at 11:02

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