Azure XPlat CLI in order to list and download blobs

azure-blob-xplat-cli-sample

# first, make sure you have downloaded the Azure XPlat CLI
# http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/xplat-cli/#install
# eg, sudo npm install azure-cli -g

# login to Azure (will prompt for your username/password)
azure login

# show all of your storage accounts
azure storage account list

# pick your storage account (eg, "_____foo_____") 
# output your storage account connection string
azure storage account connectionstring show _____foo_____

# this will output a string which you'll want to capture 
# TODO: some shell magic to do this in oneline
# Example string:  DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=____foo_____;AccountKey=[YOUR ACCOUNT KEY HERE]
export AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING=[STRING FROM ABOVE] 

# validate connectivity and pick a container which has the file you want [CONTAINER]
azure storage container list 


# list all blobs 
azure storage blob list [CONTAINER] 

# note, one cool thing is you can pass a prefix in (eg, the wasb path)
azure storage blob list [CONTAINER] /output/sample/data/f

# now, downloading is easy
azure storage blob download [CONTAINER] /path/to/your/file


# TODO: a little bit of magic to go from container output to a download

PS C:\windows\system32> export AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING = lbi9ynz+e72RuIGq8dSiqJRf/xZH06QM6EkxI75jQAQTluRJOflfN0Ak9VXYALt7WTr3cMYI0APxvsIQY++Png==

export : The term 'export' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and
try again.

@dannradkov This is for linux, not windows