Get Container Details

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This activity is used to get the list of files available in the specific container. The output is taken as a list of string.

Properties

INPUT

ContainerName:* Specify the name of the container for which the details are required.

MISC

Display Name: Displays the name of the activity. You can also customize the activity name to help troubleshoot issues faster. This name will be used for logging purposes.

SkipOnError: It specifies whether to continue executing the workflow even if it throws an error. This supports only Boolean value “True or False”. By default, it is set to “False”
True: Continues the workflow to the next step
False: Stops the workflow and throws an error.

Version: It specifies the version of the AzureBlob feature in use.

OUTPUT

Filelist: This is not a mandatory field. However, to see the details in a container, declare a variable here.

Result: Declare a variable here to validate the activity. It accepts only Boolean value. This is not a mandatory field.

* Represents mandatory fields to execute the workflow.

Use Case

The following activity illustrates on how we can use the get container details activity to get the details inside a specific container. Here we are going to get the details from the container “azb”.

Steps to execute the bot

1. Drag and drop an azure scope activity to the workflow.
2. Enter the account name and account key.
3. Drag and drop the get container details activity within the Azure scope.
4. Click on the activity.
5. Enter a name of the container for which the details are required. Here it is azb.
6. Enter the declared variable in the output box of the output segment. Here it is Text
7. Drag and drop a writelog activity below the azure scope.
8. Enter the above declared variable in the input string of the write log activity and add.ToString to it as the writelog accepts only string values. E.g., Text(0).ToString (Refer tips)
9. Enter the log level as “Info.”
10. Execute the activity.

Get Container Details

Properties

Use Case

Steps to execute the bot

Get Container Details

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