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Azure Blob Storage

Note

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To try Microsoft Azure, create a free account.

Trial terms

Length Free storage size Grant amount
12 months 5 GB $200 within 30 days

Steps to follow

To get links to files:

  1. Sign up for Azure.
  2. Create a storage account.
  3. Create a container.
  4. Upload files to the container.
  5. Copy links.

Create a storage account

  1. Open the Azure main page and click in the top left corner.

  2. Select Storage accounts.

  3. On the top panel, click Create.

  4. On the Basic tab, select the subscription for the new storage account.

  5. Enter the name of the resource group and your account.

  6. Select the region closest to your Tolokers. For example, for Tolokers from Germany: Region → (Europe) West Central Germany.

    What it looks like in the interface

  7. Leave other fields unchanged. Click Review + create.

  8. Wait till it opens. Click Go to resource.

Create a container

  1. In the Data storage section in the left menu, select Containers.

  2. On the top panel, click Container.

  3. Enter the container name.

  4. In the Public access level field, select Container.

    Note

    Files will be accessible to anyone with a link. We recommend using hashed file names to keep your files secure. You can generate hashes using online tools (for example, Online MD5 Hash Generator). Learn more about hashing.

  5. Click Create.

Note

You can set up the lifetime of files in the container so that they are automatically deleted after a specified number of days. Learn more.

Upload your files to the container

  1. To open the container, click on its name.

  2. On the top panel, click Send.

  3. Upload files

    Select files on your device.

    Upload files to the folder.

    In the Send to folder field in the Additional section, enter the name of the folder. If the folder doesn't exist, it will be created.

    Warning

    The name can't contain spaces. Files can't be accessed by link.

  4. Click Send.

Copy links

  1. Select the uploaded file and copy its URL from the Review section.

  2. All file links are created by the same template.

    Links look like this:

    https://<storage-account>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/<filename>

    The link in the folder looks like this:

    https://<storage-account>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/<file-path>/<filename>

    Note

    To quickly get links to other files, copy the link to one of them and replace <file-name> with the names of other files.

  3. In the file with tasks, paste the links in the column that matches the input data field to which this data is passed.

    For example, if you want to use images in the image field, specify the file links in the INPUT:image column:

    INPUT:image
https://mytolokaaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/newfolder/image1.png
https://mytolokaaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/newfolder/image2.png

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