Blob Service API

[This is prerelease documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]

The Blob service stores sets of binary data. The Blob service offers the following three resources: the storage account, containers, and blobs. Within your storage account, containers provide a way to organize sets of blobs within your storage account.

The REST API for the Blob service provides a way to work with blobs via HTTP operations. The API includes the operations listed in the following table.

Operation	Description
List Containers	Lists all of the containers in the given storage account.
Create Container	Creates a new container in the given storage account.
Get Container Properties	Returns all properties and metadata on the container.
Set Container Metadata	Sets metadata headers on the container.
Get Container ACL	Gets the access control list (ACL) and any container-level access policies for the container.
Set Container ACL	Sets the ACL and any container-level access policies for the container.
Delete Container	Deletes the container and any blobs that it contains.
List Blobs	Lists all of the blobs in the given container.
Put Blob	Creates a new blob or replaces an existing blob within a container.
Get Blob	Reads or downloads a blob from the system, including its metadata and properties.
Get Blob Properties	Returns all properties and metadata on the blob.
Get Blob Metadata	Retrieves metadata headers on the blob.
Set Blob Metadata	Sets metadata headers on the blob.
Put Block	Creates a new block to be committed as part of a blob.
Get Block List	Retrieves the list of blocks that make up the blob.
Put Block List	Commits a blob by specifying the set of block IDs that comprise the blob.
Delete Blob	Deletes a blob.
Copy Blob	Copies a blob to a destination within the storage account.

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Using the Blob Service API

Operations on the Account (Blob Service)

Operations on Containers

Operations on Blobs

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Concepts