node-multi-storage-azure-blob

node-multi-storage-azure-blob is a provider for the NodeJS module node-multi-storage. It provides saving and reading blobs using Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service.

Since version 2.0 of this module, node-multi-storage v2.0 or newer is needed.

Usage

Install node-multi-storage-azure-blob and node-multi-storage:

npm install --save node-multi-storage node-multi-storage-azure-blob

Create an instance of the local storage provider:

let MultiStorageAzure = require('node-multi-storage-azure-blob');
let azureStorageProvider = new MultiStorageAzure(options);

and add it to the MultiStorage instance (or create it with the provider):

let MultiStorage = require('node-multi-storage');
let storage = new MultiStorage({providers: [azureStorageProvider]});

or

let MultiStorage = require('node-multi-storage');
let storage = new MultiStorage();
storage.addProvider(azureStorageProvider);

The options passed when creating a new instance of node-multi-storage-local has these fields:

• accountName: The name of the Azure Storage account.
• key: The access key of the Azure Storage account.
• container: The name of the container. If not set or null the post call must includie the container information.
• firstFolderIsContainer: If set to true, the first "directory" of the provided path will be used as container name.

postStream Options

When posting a stream, an option object can be passed with the following fields:

• container: The name of the container for this post. If not given, then container of the provider instance is used or the first directoy name of firstFolderIsContainer was set when creating the provider.
• contentType: The MIME type of the data posted.

Tests

When running the test, you need to provide an account name and a key:

ACCOUNT_NAME=... KEY==... npm test

Further information on how to save and read files, see the documentation of node-multi-storage.