Azure Storage - Get public URL |
Declaration
<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="access_signature" CONTAINER="text" BLOB="text" WRITE="yes/no" DELETE="yes/no" LIST="yes/no" STARTTIME="date" EXPIRYTIME="date" RESULTVARIABLE="text" PROTOCOL="text (options)" ACCOUNTNAME="text" ACCESSKEY="text (encrypted)" BLOBENDPOINT="text" QUEUEENDPOINT="text" TABLEENDPOINT="text" TIMEOUT="number" PROXYTYPE="text (options)" PROXYSERVER="text" PROXYPORT="number" PROXYUSERNAME="text" PROXYPASSWORD="text (options)" /> |
Description
Sets a blob container to be publicly available by changing its public access permissions and retrieving the resource by its newly created public URL.
Practical Usage
Commonly used to make a private blob container publicly available in order for other users to browse through the contents of the blob.
Parameters
Connection
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Connection |
Indicates where user credentials and preferences should originate from. This is a design mode parameter used only during task construction and configuration, thus, comprises no markup. The available options are:
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Session |
Text |
Yes if connection is session-based |
AzureStorageSession1 |
SESSION="MyAzureSession" |
The name of an existing session to associate this activity with. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Session. The default session name is 'AzureStorageSession1'. |
Account name |
Text |
Yes if connection is host-based |
(Empty) |
ACCOUNTNAME="myaccount" |
The globally unique name of the Windows Azure storage account. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host. |
Access key |
Text |
Yes if connection is host-based |
(Empty) |
ACCESSKEY="[AccessKey]" |
The primary or secondary access key (each composed of 88 ASCII characters) used to authorize access to Azure Storage. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host. |
Protocol |
Text (options) |
No |
HTTPS |
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The type of protocol used to access Azure Storage. The available options are:
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Timeout (seconds) |
Number |
No |
90 |
TIMEOUT="180" |
The timeout interval (in seconds) for requests made to the storage service. If the timeout elapses before a server response is returned, the operation times out and the service returns an error. The default timeout value is 90 seconds. |
Blob endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
BLOBENDPOINT="http://
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Queue endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
QUEUEENDPOINT="http://
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The
endpoint for the Queue service, as configured for the Azure storage
account. The default Queue service endpoint is |
Table endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
TABLEENDPOINT="http://
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Proxy type |
Text (options) |
No |
System default |
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The type of proxy server to connect through (if required). The available options are:
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Proxy server |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
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The host name (server.domain.com) or IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) of the proxy server. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. |
Proxy port |
Number |
No |
808 |
PROXYPORT="8080" |
The port that is used by the proxy server for client connections. The default value is 808. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. |
Use authentication |
If enabled, specifies that the proxy requires authentication before granting access to resources. If disabled (default), no authentication is required. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. This is a visual mode parameter only used during design time, therefore, contains no markup. |
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Proxy username |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
PROXYUSERNAME="theUsername" |
The username to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled. |
Proxy password |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
PROXYPASSWORD="[encrypted]" |
The password to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled. |
blob
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Container name |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
CONTAINER="mycontainer" |
The unique name of the container that contains the blob to modify. |
Blob name |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
BLOB="myblob" |
The unique name of the blob to modify. |
Container policy |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
POLICY="thepolicy" |
The name of the policy to set. If this parameter is selected, the Custom policy parameter becomes inactive. |
Custom policy |
Specifies that a custom set of policies (specified below) will be set for the blob container. If this parameter is selected, the Container policy parameter becomes inactive. This is a visual mode parameter, therefore contains no markups. |
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Read |
Yes/No |
No |
No |
READ="yes" |
If selected, read access is granted. Is disabled, read access is denied. This parameter is active only if the Custom policy parameter is selected. |
Write |
Yes/No |
No |
No |
WRITE="yes" |
If selected, write access is granted. Is disabled, write access is denied. This parameter is active only if the Custom policy parameter is selected. |
Delete |
Yes/No |
No |
No |
DELETE="no" |
If selected, delete access is granted. Is disabled, delete access is denied. This parameter is active only if the Custom policy parameter is selected. |
List |
Yes/No |
No |
No |
LIST="yes" |
If selected, listing access is granted. Is disabled, listing access is denied. This parameter is active only if the Custom policy parameter is selected. |
Start time |
Date |
No |
Current date/time |
%DateSerial(2012,12,03) +TimeSerial(14,16,16)% |
The start time of the access signature. If you do not provide a date/time, the default value will be the moment of creation. This parameter is active only if the Custom policy parameter is selected. Click Custom to select a custom value. Enable Expression to enter a date/time expression. |
Expiry time |
Date |
No |
Current date/time |
%DateSerial(2012,12,03) +TimeSerial(14,16,16)% |
The date/time specifying when the access signature will expire. After expiration, the signature will no longer be valid to execute the operations on the resource. This parameter is active only if the Custom policy parameter is selected. Click Custom to select a custom value. Enable Expression to enter a date/time expression. |
Populate Automate variable with public URL |
Text |
Yes |
(empty) |
RESULTVARIABLE="theVar" |
An existing variable to populate with the newly generated public URL. |
Example
- The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps Panel of the Task Builder.
- Parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, and/or other information specific to the task must be customized before the sample code can run successfully.
Populate variable "myVar" with public url for blob "largeblob1.txt" in container "mycontainer". Azure account name is "netauto".
<AMVARIABLE NAME="myVar" /> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="access_signature" CONTAINER="mycontainer" BLOB="largeblob1.txt" WRITE="yes" DELETE="yes" LIST="yes" STARTTIME="%DateSerial(2012,12,03)+TimeSerial(14,16,16)%" EXPIRYTIME="%DateSerial(2012,12,03)+TimeSerial(14,16,16)%" RESULTVARIABLE="myVar" ACCOUNTNAME="netauto" ACCESSKEY="AM3kbFvH+pgzDo=aME" PROXYTYPE="none" /> |