[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.]
Uploads a file from the file system to a block blob.
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 fileName As String
instance.UploadFile(fileName) |
Syntax
| Visual Basic |
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Public Overridable Sub UploadFile ( _
fileName As String _
) |
| C# |
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public virtual void UploadFile (
string fileName
) |
| C++ |
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public:
virtual void UploadFile (
String^ fileName
) |
Parameters
- fileName
Type: System.String
The path and file name of the file to upload.
Example
The following code example uploads a file from the local computer to a blob.
| C# |  Copy Code |
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static void UploadBlobFromFile(Uri blobEndpoint, string accountName, string accountKey)
{
// Create service client for credentialed access to the Blob service.
CloudBlobClient blobClient =
new CloudBlobClient(blobEndpoint,
new StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(accountName, accountKey));
// Get a reference to a container, which may or may not exist.
CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("mycontainer");
// Create a new container, if it does not exist
container.CreateIfNotExist();
// Get a reference to a blob, which may or may not exist.
CloudBlob blob = container.GetBlobReference("myfile.txt");
// Upload content to the blob, which will create the blob if it does not already exist.
blob.UploadFile("c:\\myfile.txt");
}
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Remarks
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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