Azure Blob storage trigger for Azure Functions

The following example is a C# function that runs in an isolated worker process and uses a blob trigger with both blob input and blob output blob bindings. The function is triggered by the creation of a blob in the test-samples-trigger container. It reads a text file from the test-samples-input container and creates a new text file in an output container based on the name of the triggered file.

    public static class BlobFunction
    {
        [Function(nameof(BlobFunction))]
        [BlobOutput("test-samples-output/{name}-output.txt")]
        public static string Run(
            [BlobTrigger("test-samples-trigger/{name}")] string myTriggerItem,
            [BlobInput("test-samples-input/sample1.txt")] string myBlob,
            FunctionContext context)
        {
            var logger = context.GetLogger("BlobFunction");
            logger.LogInformation("Triggered Item = {myTriggerItem}", myTriggerItem);
            logger.LogInformation("Input Item = {myBlob}", myBlob);

            // Blob Output
            return "blob-output content";
        }
    }

The following example shows a C# function that writes a log when a blob is added or updated in the samples-workitems container.

[FunctionName("BlobTriggerCSharp")]        
public static void Run([BlobTrigger("samples-workitems/{name}")] Stream myBlob, string name, ILogger log)
{
    log.LogInformation($"C# Blob trigger function Processed blob\n Name:{name} \n Size: {myBlob.Length} Bytes");
}

The string {name} in the blob trigger path samples-workitems/{name} creates a binding expression that you can use in function code to access the file name of the triggering blob. For more information, see Blob name patterns later in this article.

For more information about the BlobTrigger attribute, see Attributes.

The following example shows a blob trigger TypeScript code. The function writes a log when a blob is added or updated in the samples-workitems container.

The string {name} in the blob trigger path samples-workitems/{name} creates a binding expression that you can use in function code to access the file name of the triggering blob. For more information, see Blob name patterns later in this article.

import { app, InvocationContext } from '@azure/functions';

export async function storageBlobTrigger1(blob: Buffer, context: InvocationContext): Promise<void> {
    context.log(
        `Storage blob function processed blob "${context.triggerMetadata.name}" with size ${blob.length} bytes`
    );
}

app.storageBlob('storageBlobTrigger1', {
    path: 'samples-workitems/{name}',
    connection: 'MyStorageAccountAppSetting',
    handler: storageBlobTrigger1,
});

TypeScript samples are not documented for model v3.

The following example shows a blob trigger JavaScript code. The function writes a log when a blob is added or updated in the samples-workitems container.

The string {name} in the blob trigger path samples-workitems/{name} creates a binding expression that you can use in function code to access the file name of the triggering blob. For more information, see Blob name patterns later in this article.

const { app } = require('@azure/functions');

app.storageBlob('storageBlobTrigger1', {
    path: 'samples-workitems/{name}',
    connection: 'MyStorageAccountAppSetting',
    handler: (blob, context) => {
        context.log(
            `Storage blob function processed blob "${context.triggerMetadata.name}" with size ${blob.length} bytes`
        );
    },
});

The following example shows a blob trigger binding in a function.json file and JavaScript code that uses the binding. The function writes a log when a blob is added or updated in the samples-workitems container.

Here's the function.json file:

{
    "disabled": false,
    "bindings": [
        {
            "name": "myBlob",
            "type": "blobTrigger",
            "direction": "in",
            "path": "samples-workitems/{name}",
            "connection":"MyStorageAccountAppSetting"
        }
    ]
}

The string {name} in the blob trigger path samples-workitems/{name} creates a binding expression that you can use in function code to access the file name of the triggering blob. For more information, see Blob name patterns later in this article.

For more information about function.json file properties, see the Configuration section explains these properties.

Here's the JavaScript code:

module.exports = async function(context) {
    context.log('Node.js Blob trigger function processed', context.bindings.myBlob);
};

This example uses SDK types to directly access the underlying BlobClient object provided by the Blob storage trigger:

import logging

import azure.functions as func
import azurefunctions.extensions.bindings.blob as blob

app = func.FunctionApp(http_auth_level=func.AuthLevel.ANONYMOUS)
@app.blob_trigger(
    arg_name="client", path="PATH/TO/BLOB", connection="AzureWebJobsStorage"
)
def blob_trigger(client: blob.BlobClient):
    logging.info(
        f"Python blob trigger function processed blob \n"
        f"Properties: {client.get_blob_properties()}\n"
        f"Blob content head: {client.download_blob().read(size=1)}"
    )

For examples of using other SDK types, see the ContainerClient and StorageStreamDownloader samples.

To learn more, including how to enable SDK type bindings in your project, see SDK type bindings.

This example logs information from the incoming blob metadata.

import logging
import azure.functions as func

app = func.FunctionApp()

@app.function_name(name="BlobTrigger1")
@app.blob_trigger(arg_name="myblob", 
                  path="PATH/TO/BLOB",
                  connection="CONNECTION_SETTING")
def test_function(myblob: func.InputStream):
   logging.info(f"Python blob trigger function processed blob \n"
                f"Name: {myblob.name}\n"
                f"Blob Size: {myblob.length} bytes")

The function writes a log when a blob is added or updated in the samples-workitems container. Here's the function.json file:

{
    "scriptFile": "__init__.py",
    "disabled": false,
    "bindings": [
        {
            "name": "myblob",
            "type": "blobTrigger",
            "direction": "in",
            "path": "samples-workitems/{name}",
            "connection":"MyStorageAccountAppSetting"
        }
    ]
}

The string {name} in the blob trigger path samples-workitems/{name} creates a binding expression that you can use in function code to access the file name of the triggering blob. For more information, see Blob name patterns later in this article.

For more information about function.json file properties, see the Configuration section explains these properties.

Here's the Python code:

import logging
import azure.functions as func


def main(myblob: func.InputStream):
    logging.info('Python Blob trigger function processed %s', myblob.name)

Here's an BlobTrigger attribute in a method signature:

        [Function(nameof(BlobFunction))]
        [BlobOutput("test-samples-output/{name}-output.txt")]
        public static string Run(
            [BlobTrigger("test-samples-trigger/{name}")] string myTriggerItem,
            [BlobInput("test-samples-input/sample1.txt")] string myBlob,
            FunctionContext context)

In C# class libraries, the attribute's constructor takes a path string that indicates the container to watch and optionally a blob name pattern. Here's an example:

[FunctionName("ResizeImage")]
public static void Run(
  [BlobTrigger("sample-images/{name}")] Stream image,
  [Blob("sample-images-md/{name}", FileAccess.Write)] Stream imageSmall)
{
  ....
}

While the attribute takes a Connection property, you can also use the StorageAccountAttribute to specify a storage account connection. You can do this when you need to use a different storage account than other functions in the library. The constructor takes the name of an app setting that contains a storage connection string. The attribute can be applied at the parameter, method, or class level. The following example shows class level and method level:

[StorageAccount("ClassLevelStorageAppSetting")]
public static class AzureFunctions
{
    [FunctionName("StorageTrigger")]
    [StorageAccount("FunctionLevelStorageAppSetting")]
    public static void Run( //...
{
    ...
}

The storage account to use is determined in the following order:

• The trigger or binding attribute's Connection property.
• The StorageAccount attribute applied to the same parameter as the trigger or binding attribute.
• The StorageAccount attribute applied to the function.
• The StorageAccount attribute applied to the class.
• The default storage account for the function app, which is defined in the AzureWebJobsStorage application setting.

The following table explains the properties that you can set on the options object passed to the app.storageBlob() method.

The following table explains the binding configuration properties that you set in the function.json file.

Metadata can be obtained from the triggerMetadata property of the supplied context object, as shown in the following example, which logs the path to the triggering blob (blobTrigger), including the container:

context.log(`Full blob path: ${context.triggerMetadata.blobTrigger}`);

Metadata can be obtained from the bindingData property of the supplied context object, as shown in the following example, which logs the path to the triggering blob (blobTrigger), including the container:

module.exports = async function (context, myBlob) {
    context.log("Full blob path:", context.bindingData.blobTrigger);
};

The blob trigger can bind to the following types:

¹ To use these types, you need to reference Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Storage.Blobs 5.1.1-preview2 or later and the common dependencies for SDK type bindings.

See Binding types for a list of supported types.

Access the blob data as the first argument to your function.

Access blob data using context.bindings.<NAME> where <NAME> matches the value defined in function.json.