AzureBlobClient

Client for Azure Blob Storage.

__init__(self, account_url=None, credential=None, connection_string=None, blob_service_client=None, local_cache_dir=None) special

Class constructor. Sets up a BlobServiceClient. Supports the following authentication methods of BlobServiceClient.

• Environment variable ""AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING" containing connecting string with account credentials. See Azure Storage SDK documentation.
• Account URL via account_url, authenticated either with an embedded SAS token, or with credentials passed to credentials.
• Connection string via connection_string, authenticated either with an embedded SAS token or with credentials passed to credentials.
• Instantiated and already authenticated BlobServiceClient.

If multiple methods are used, priority order is reverse of list above (later in list takes priority).

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
account_url	Optional[str]	The URL to the blob storage account, optionally authenticated with a SAS token. See documentation for BlobServiceClient.	None
credential	Optional[Any]	Credentials with which to authenticate. Can be used with account_url or connection_string, but is unnecessary if the other already has an SAS token. See documentation for BlobServiceClient or BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string.	None
connection_string	Optional[str]	A connection string to an Azure Storage account. See Azure Storage SDK documentation.	None
blob_service_client	Optional[BlobServiceClient]	Instantiated BlobServiceClient.	None
local_cache_dir	Union[str, os.PathLike]	Path to directory to use as cache for downloaded files. If None, will use a temporary directory.	None

Source code in cloudpathlib/azure/azblobclient.py

def __init__(
    self,
    account_url: Optional[str] = None,
    credential: Optional[Any] = None,
    connection_string: Optional[str] = None,
    blob_service_client: Optional["BlobServiceClient"] = None,
    local_cache_dir: Optional[Union[str, os.PathLike]] = None,
):
    """Class constructor. Sets up a [`BlobServiceClient`](
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-storage-blob/azure.storage.blob.blobserviceclient?view=azure-python).
    Supports the following authentication methods of `BlobServiceClient`.

    - Environment variable `""AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING"` containing connecting string
    with account credentials. See [Azure Storage SDK documentation](
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-quickstart-blobs-python#copy-your-credentials-from-the-azure-portal).
    - Account URL via `account_url`, authenticated either with an embedded SAS token, or with
    credentials passed to `credentials`.
    - Connection string via `connection_string`, authenticated either with an embedded SAS
    token or with credentials passed to `credentials`.
    - Instantiated and already authenticated [`BlobServiceClient`](
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-storage-blob/azure.storage.blob.blobserviceclient?view=azure-python).

    If multiple methods are used, priority order is reverse of list above (later in list takes
    priority).

    Args:
        account_url (Optional[str]): The URL to the blob storage account, optionally
            authenticated with a SAS token. See documentation for [`BlobServiceClient`](
            https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-storage-blob/azure.storage.blob.blobserviceclient?view=azure-python).
        credential (Optional[Any]): Credentials with which to authenticate. Can be used with
            `account_url` or `connection_string`, but is unnecessary if the other already has
            an SAS token. See documentation for [`BlobServiceClient`](
            https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-storage-blob/azure.storage.blob.blobserviceclient?view=azure-python)
            or [`BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string`](
            https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-storage-blob/azure.storage.blob.blobserviceclient?view=azure-python#from-connection-string-conn-str--credential-none----kwargs-).
        connection_string (Optional[str]): A connection string to an Azure Storage account. See
            [Azure Storage SDK documentation](
            https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-quickstart-blobs-python#copy-your-credentials-from-the-azure-portal).
        blob_service_client (Optional[BlobServiceClient]): Instantiated [`BlobServiceClient`](
            https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-storage-blob/azure.storage.blob.blobserviceclient?view=azure-python).
        local_cache_dir (Optional[Union[str, os.PathLike]]): Path to directory to use as cache
            for downloaded files. If None, will use a temporary directory.
    """

    if blob_service_client is not None:
        self.service_client = blob_service_client
    elif connection_string is not None:
        self.service_client = BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string(
            conn_str=connection_string, credential=credential
        )
    elif account_url is not None:
        self.service_client = BlobServiceClient(account_url=account_url, credential=credential)
    else:
        self.service_client = BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string(
            os.getenv("AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING")
        )

    super().__init__(local_cache_dir=local_cache_dir)

AzureBlobPath(self, cloud_path)

Source code in cloudpathlib/azure/azblobclient.py

def CloudPath(self, cloud_path: Union[str, BoundedCloudPath]) -> BoundedCloudPath:
    return self._cloud_meta.path_class(cloud_path=cloud_path, client=self)

CloudPath(self, cloud_path) inherited

Source code in cloudpathlib/azure/azblobclient.py

def CloudPath(self, cloud_path: Union[str, BoundedCloudPath]) -> BoundedCloudPath:
    return self._cloud_meta.path_class(cloud_path=cloud_path, client=self)

set_as_default_client(self) inherited

Set this client instance as the default one used when instantiating cloud path instances for this cloud without a client specified.

Source code in cloudpathlib/azure/azblobclient.py

def set_as_default_client(self) -> None:
    """Set this client instance as the default one used when instantiating cloud path
    instances for this cloud without a client specified."""
    self.__class__._default_client = self