Just started working on with Windows Azure and Mapreduce. I've already created an HDInsight cluster within the Azure Portal and also created a Block Blob using the Azure Explorer named BlobFiles.
What I wanted to know is, is there a way of listing all the files within a Blob which is within a Blob Container? In other words if I'm uploading text files as well as images to the same Blob, how could I list those text files as well as those images programmatically or in another way?
Searched for a solution, but still couldn't come across of one. I'm able to see the content of the file individually using the Azure Explorer, where as um unable to find a way to see or display the files within that particular Blob!
Edited: This is what I've tried to display the Blobs:
// Retrieve storage account from connection string.
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnectionString"));
// Create the blob client.
CloudBlobClient blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
// Retrieve reference to a previously created container.
CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("fyptest1");
// Retrieve reference to a blob named "myblob".
CloudBlockBlob blockBlob = container.GetBlockBlobReference("myblob");
lboxblob.ItemsSource = container.ListBlobs();//lboxblob is the name of my listbox
When I tried the above code it displays something like Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob.CloudBlockBlob, and so on for a few number of times.
Any help would be appreciated.
Each Azure storage "blob" is a "file." You want to list the "blobs" in a "blob container," most likely.
To do this, use the CloudBlobContainer.ListBlobs() method.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd135734.aspx