Azure Blob storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data. Unstructured data is data that does not adhere to a particular data model or definition, such as text or binary data.
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- Java Development Kit (JDK) with version 8 or above
- Azure Subscription
- Create Storage Account
<dependency>
<groupId>com.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-storage-blob-batch</artifactId>
<version>12.0.0</version>
</dependency>
All client libraries, by default, use Netty HTTP client. Adding the above dependency will automatically configure Storage Blob Batch to use Netty HTTP client.
If, instead of Netty it is preferable to use OkHTTP, there is a HTTP client available for that too. Exclude the default Netty and include OkHTTP client in your pom.xml.
<!-- Add Storage Blob Batch dependency without Netty HTTP client -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-storage-blob-batch</artifactId>
<version>12.0.0</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-core-http-netty</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- Add OkHTTP client to use with Storage Blob Batch -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-core-http-okhttp</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
When an HTTP client is included on the classpath, as shown above, it is not necessary to specify it in the client library builders, unless you want to customize the HTTP client in some fashion. If this is desired, the httpClient
builder method is often available to achieve just this, by allowing users to provide a custom (or customized) com.azure.core.http.HttpClient
instances.
For starters, by having the Netty or OkHTTP dependencies on your classpath, as shown above, you can create new instances of these HttpClient
types using their builder APIs. For example, here is how you would create a Netty HttpClient instance:
HttpClient client = new NettyAsyncHttpClientBuilder()
.port(8080)
.wiretap(true)
.build();
To create a Storage Account you can use the Azure Portal or Azure CLI.
az storage account create \
--resource-group <resource-group-name> \
--name <storage-account-name> \
--location <location>
Blob storage is designed for:
- Serving images or documents directly to a browser.
- Storing files for distributed access.
- Streaming video and audio.
- Writing to log files.
- Storing data for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and archiving.
- Storing data for analysis by an on-premises or Azure-hosted service.
The following sections provide several code snippets covering some of the most common Azure Storage Blob Batch tasks, including:
Create a BlobBatchClient from a BlobServiceClient
.
BlobBatchClient blobBatchClient = new BlobBatchClientBuilder(blobServiceClient).buildClient();
blobBatchClient.deleteBlobs(blobUrls, DeleteSnapshotsOptionType.INCLUDE).forEach(response ->
System.out.printf("Deleting blob with URL %s completed with status code %d%n",
response.getRequest().getUrl(), response.getStatusCode()));
blobBatchClient.setBlobsAccessTier(blobUrls, AccessTier.HOT).forEach(response ->
System.out.printf("Setting blob access tier with URL %s completed with status code %d%n",
response.getRequest().getUrl(), response.getStatusCode()));
Deleting blobs in a batch that have different pre-requisites.
BlobBatch blobBatch = blobBatchClient.getBlobBatch();
// Delete a blob.
Response<Void> deleteResponse = blobBatch.deleteBlob(blobUrl);
// Delete a specific blob snapshot.
Response<Void> deleteSnapshotResponse =
blobBatch.deleteBlob(blobUrlWithSnapshot, DeleteSnapshotsOptionType.ONLY, null);
// Delete a blob that has a lease.
Response<Void> deleteWithLeaseResponse =
blobBatch.deleteBlob(blobUrlWithLease, DeleteSnapshotsOptionType.INCLUDE, new BlobAccessConditions()
.setLeaseId("leaseId"));
blobBatchClient.submitBatch(blobBatch);
System.out.printf("Deleting blob completed with status code %d%n", deleteResponse.getStatusCode());
System.out.printf("Deleting blob snapshot completed with status code %d%n",
deleteSnapshotResponse.getStatusCode());
System.out.printf("Deleting blob with lease completed with status code %d%n",
deleteWithLeaseResponse.getStatusCode());
Setting AccessTier
on blobs in batch that have different pre-requisites.
BlobBatch blobBatch = blobBatchClient.getBlobBatch();
// Set AccessTier on a blob.
Response<Void> setTierResponse = blobBatch.setBlobAccessTier(blobUrl, AccessTier.COOL);
// Set AccessTier on another blob.
Response<Void> setTierResponse2 = blobBatch.setBlobAccessTier(blobUrl2, AccessTier.ARCHIVE);
// Set AccessTier on a blob that has a lease.
Response<Void> setTierWithLeaseResponse = blobBatch.setBlobAccessTier(blobUrlWithLease, AccessTier.HOT,
.setLeaseId("leaseId");
blobBatchClient.submitBatch(blobBatch);
System.out.printf("Set AccessTier on blob completed with status code %d%n", setTierResponse.getStatusCode());
System.out.printf("Set AccessTier on blob completed with status code %d%n", setTierResponse2.getStatusCode());
System.out.printf("Set AccessTier on blob with lease completed with status code %d%n",
setTierWithLeaseResponse.getStatusCode());
When interacts with blobs using this Java client library, errors returned by the service correspond to the same HTTP
status codes returned for REST API requests. For example, if you try to retrieve a container or blob that
doesn't exist in your Storage Account, a 404
error is returned, indicating Not Found
.
Get started with our Blob Batch samples:
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