AzureBlobContainerSync

BlobContainerSynchronizer and BlobSynchronizer manage keeping local files up to date with what's stored in your Azure Storage container/blob. The system uses the .NET 4.5+ async-await pattern to keep the thread requirements of the synchronization lightweight.

Getting Started

1. Reference the BlobContainerSynchronizer.dll either by referencing the NuGet package (https://www.nuget.org/packages/AzureBlobContainerSync/) or cloning the repo and building the code.

2. Create a BlobSynchronizer or ContainerSynchronizer

var blobSynchronizer = new BlobSynchronizer(storageConnectionString, containerName, 
	blobName, filePath)
{
	BlobSyncResultAction = 
		result => Console.WriteLine(
			"Blob Downloaded (single blob sync) -- {0}", result)
};

var containerSynchronizer = new ContainerSynchronizer(storageConnectionString, 
	containerName, containerDestinationDir)
{
	BlobSyncResultAction =
		result => Console.WriteLine(
			"Blob Downloaded (container sync) -- {0}", result)
};

3. Start synchronizing

// Checks for new data every 10 seconds
// This will not return unless there is an exception
await blobSynchronizer.SyncPeriodicAsync(
	delayBetweenSynchronizations: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));

// Checks for new data every 10 seconds
// This will not return unless there is an exception
await containerSynchronizer.SyncPeriodicAsync(
	delayBetweenSynchronizations: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));

That's it. Now your local data will stay up to date whenever the cloud data is updated.

Sample Test Code

See the BlobContainerSynchronizerConsoleTest for a test sample. The test sample demonstrates using the library for blob synchronization and randomly updates blobs in a container to demonstrate updates happening asynchronously.