[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See
Storage Client Library for the latest version.]
Downloads the blob's contents, using a conditional request based on the
BlobRequestOptions that you specify.
Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)
Usage
| Visual Basic |
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Dim instance As CloudBlob
Dim options As BlobRequestOptions
Dim returnValue As String
returnValue = instance.DownloadText(options) |
Syntax
| Visual Basic |
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Public Function DownloadText ( _
options As BlobRequestOptions _
) As String |
| C# |
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public string DownloadText (
BlobRequestOptions options
) |
| C++ |
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public:
String^ DownloadText (
BlobRequestOptions^ options
) |
Parameters
- options
Type: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.BlobRequestOptions
An object that specifies any additional options for the request.
Return Value
Type:
System.StringThe contents of the blob, as a string.
Example
The following code example downloads the contents of a publicly available blob using an anonymous client.
| C# |  Copy Code |
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static void CreateAnonymousClient2(String blobEndpoint)
{
// Create a service client for anonymous access to the Blob service.
CloudBlobClient publicClient = new CloudBlobClient(blobEndpoint);
// Get a reference to a blob in a public container.
CloudBlob publicBlob = publicClient.GetBlobReference("mypubliccontainer/publicBlob.txt");
// Set options for the request. E.g., Specify an operation timeout of 20 seconds.
BlobRequestOptions options = new BlobRequestOptions();
options.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20.0);
// Attempt to download the blob's contents.
try
{
Console.WriteLine(publicBlob.DownloadText(options));
}
catch (StorageClientException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error code: ", e.ErrorCode);
Console.WriteLine("Error message: ", e.Message);
}
}
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Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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