In this article, you will see how to download blob contents from Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.
Install the Azure PowerShell Module:
Open Windows PowerShell window and run the below command.
Install-Module -Name Az –AllowClobber
Download Blob Contents:
Open a text file. Copy and paste the below script. Save the file as script.ps1.
################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################
## Input Parameters
$resourceGroupName="psspschennairg"
$storageAccName="psspschennaistorageacc"
$downloadPath=".\Download"
$downloadLocation="Download"
## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount
## Function to dlownload all blob contents
Function DownloadBlobContents
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Download blob contents from storage container.."
## Get the storage account
$storageAcc=Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName
## Get the storage account context
$ctx=$storageAcc.Context
## Get all the containers
$containers=Get-AzStorageContainer -Context $ctx
## Loop through the containers
foreach($container in $containers)
{
## check if folder exists
$folderPath=$downloadPath+"\"+$container.Name
$destination=$downloadLocation+"\"+$container.Name
$folderExists=Test-Path -Path $folderPath
if($folderExists)
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $container.Name "- folder exists"
## Get the blob contents from the container
$blobContents=Get-AzStorageBlob -Container $container.Name -Context $ctx
foreach($blobContent in $blobContents)
{
## Download the blob contentFor
Get-AzStorageBlobContent -Container $container.Name -Context $ctx -Blob $blobContent.Name -Destination $destination -Force
}
}
else
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $container.Name "- folder does not exist"
## Create the new folder
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $folderPath
## Get the blob contents from the container
$blobContents=Get-AzStorageBlob -Container $container.Name -Context $ctx
foreach($blobContent in $blobContents)
{
## Download the blob content
Get-AzStorageBlobContent -Container $container.Name -Context $ctx -Blob $blobContent.Name -Destination $destination -Force
}
}
}
}
DownloadBlobContents
## Disconnect from Azure Account
Disconnect-AzAccount
######################################################################
Open Windows PowerShell window and navigate to the location where the script file was saved.
Run the following command.
.\script.ps1
Result:
All the blob contents from Azure Storage account downloaded successfully as shown below. Note: Folders will be created with the same name as container name and if folder exists documents gets downloaded in the respective folder.
Summary:
Thus in this article you saw how to download blob contents from Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.