Azure Blob Storage Create Container - C#.Net,VB.Net

In this article i am going to explain about How to Create Container in Azure Blob Storage Using C#.Net & VB.Net. This is achieved by using the Create method of the CloudBlobContainer class.

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Create a console application and add the System.Configuration,Microsoft.WindowsAzure and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient dlls to your project. And then include the below dlls in your project.

C#.Net:

using Microsoft.WindowsAzure;

using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient;

using System;

using System.Configuration;

VB.Net:

Imports Microsoft.WindowsAzure

Imports Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient

Imports System.Configuration

Now the below code is used to create the container in blobstorage.

C#.Net:

string storageConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Storage"].ConnectionString;

string containerName = "samplecontainer";

CloudStorageAccount Account = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(storageConnectionString);

CloudBlobClient BlobClient = Account.CreateCloudBlobClient();

BlobClient.RetryPolicy = RetryPolicies.Retry(4, TimeSpan.Zero);

Console.WriteLine("Create container ");

try

{

    // Create a blob container.

    CloudBlobContainer container = BlobClient.GetContainerReference(containerName);

    container.Create();

    Console.WriteLine("Container Created Successfully..");

}

catch (StorageClientException ex)

{

    // Throws 409 error if already exists, throw exception on error.

    // Error Code 409 - Container already exists

    if ((int)ex.StatusCode == 409)

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Container already exists..");

    }

}

finally

{

    Console.ReadLine();

}

VB.Net:

Dim storageConnectionString As String =

    ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("Storage").ConnectionString

Dim containerName As String = "samplecontainer"

Dim Account As CloudStorageAccount =

    CloudStorageAccount.Parse(storageConnectionString)

Dim BlobClient As CloudBlobClient = Account.CreateCloudBlobClient()

BlobClient.RetryPolicy = RetryPolicies.Retry(4, TimeSpan.Zero)

Console.WriteLine("Create container ")

Try

    ' Create a blob container.

    Dim container As CloudBlobContainer =

        BlobClient.GetContainerReference(containerName)

    container.Create()

    Console.WriteLine("Container Created Successfully..")

Catch ex As StorageClientException

    ' Throws 409 error if already exists, throw exception on error.

    ' Error Code 409 - Container already exists

    If CInt(ex.StatusCode) = 409 Then

        Console.WriteLine("Container already exists..")

    End If

Finally

    Console.ReadLine()

End Try

The console output is shown below.

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