Azure Storage Blob Py

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name: azure-storage-blob-py
description: "Apply — Azure Blob Storage SDK for Python. Use for uploading, downloading, listing blobs, managing containers, and blob"
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- storage
- blob
- python
- uploading
- downloading
- listing
- blobs
- managing
- containers
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---
# 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 stream
import io
stream = io.BytesIO(b"Stream content")
blob_client.upload_blob(stream, overwrite=True)
```

### Download Blob

```python
blob_client = blob_service_client.get_blob_client(
    container="mycontainer",
    blob="sample.txt"
)

# To file
with open("./downloaded.txt", "wb") as file:
    download_stream = blob_client.download_blob()
    file.write(download_stream.readall())

# To memory
download_stream = blob_client.download_blob()
content = download_stream.readall()  # bytes

# Read into existing buffer
stream = io.BytesIO()
num_bytes = blob_client.download_blob().readinto(stream)
```

### List Blobs

```python
container_client = blob_service_client.get_container_client("mycontainer")

# List all blobs
for blob in container_client.list_blobs():
    print(f"{blob.name} - {blob.size} bytes")

# List with prefix (folder-like)
for blob in container_client.list_blobs(name_starts_with="logs/"):
    print(blob.name)

# Walk blob hierarchy (virtual directories)
for item in container_client.walk_blobs(delimiter="/"):
    if item.get("prefix"):
        print(f"Directory: {item['prefix']}")
    else:
        print(f"Blob: {item.name}")
```

### Delete Blob

```python
blob_client.delete_blob()

# Delete with snapshots
blob_client.delete_blob(delete_snapshots="include")
```

## Performance Tuning

```python
# Configure chunk sizes for large uploads/downloads
blob_client = BlobClient(
    account_url=account_url,
    container_name="mycontainer",
    blob_name="large-file.zip",
    credential=credential,
    max_block_size=4 * 1024 * 1024,  # 4 MiB blocks
    max_single_put_size=64 * 1024 * 1024  # 64 MiB single upload limit
)

# Parallel upload
blob_client.upload_blob(data, max_concurrency=4)

# Parallel download
download_stream = blob_client.download_blob(max_concurrency=4)
```

## SAS Tokens

```python
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from azure.storage.blob import generate_blob_sas, BlobSasPermissions

sas_token = generate_blob_sas(
    account_name="<account>",
    container_name="mycontainer",
    blob_name="sample.txt",
    account_key="<account-key>",  # Or use user delegation key
    permission=BlobSasPermissions(read=True),
    expiry=datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(hours=1)
)

# Use SAS token
blob_url = f"https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/sample.txt?{sas_token}"
```

## Blob Properties and Metadata

```python
# Get properties
properties = blob_client.get_blob_properties()
print(f"Size: {properties.size}")
print(f"Content-Type: {properties.content_settings.content_type}")
print(f"Last modified: {properties.last_modified}")

# Set metadata
blob_client.set_blob_metadata(metadata={"category": "logs", "year": "2024"})

# Set content type
from azure.storage.blob import ContentSettings
blob_client.set_http_headers(
    content_settings=ContentSettings(content_type="application/json")
)
```

## Async Client

```python
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.storage.blob.aio import BlobServiceClient

async def upload_async():
    credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
    
    async with BlobServiceClient(account_url, credential=credential) as client:
        blob_client = client.get_blob_client("mycontainer", "sample.txt")
        
        with open("./file.txt", "rb") as data:
            await blob_client.upload_blob(data, overwrite=True)

# Download async
async def download_async():
    async with BlobServiceClient(account_url, credential=credential) as client:
        blob_client = client.get_blob_client("mycontainer", "sample.txt")
        
        stream = await blob_client.download_blob()
        data = await stream.readall()
```

## Best Practices

1. **Use DefaultAzureCredential** instead of connection strings
2. **Use context managers** for async clients
3. **Set `overwrite=True`** explicitly when re-uploading
4. **Use `max_concurrency`** for large file transfers
5. **Prefer `readinto()`** over `readall()` for memory efficiency
6. **Use `walk_blobs()`** for hierarchical listing
7. **Set appropriate content types** for web-served blobs

## When to Use
This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

## Diff History
- **v00.33.0**: Ingested from antigravity-awesome-skills community repo

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## Why This Skill Exists

Apply — Azure Blob Storage SDK for Python. Use for uploading, downloading, listing blobs, managing containers, and blob

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## What If Fails

- condition: Modelo de ML indisponível ou não carregado

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