Command

az storage container list --account-name  --output table

Explanation

• az storage container list: The command to list blob containers.
• --account-name <YOUR_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME>: Specifies the name of your Azure Storage account.
• --output table: Formats the output as a table for better readability. Other options include json, tsv, and yaml.

Example Output

Command

Get-AzStorageContainer -Context (New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName "" -StorageAccountKey "") -Table

Explanation

• Get-AzStorageContainer: The cmdlet to retrieve storage containers.
• -Context (New-AzStorageContext ...): Specifies the storage account context using its name and key. Alternatively, you can use -StorageAccountName and -StorageAccountKey directly.
• -Table: Formats the output as a table.

Example Output

Code Example

using Azure.Storage.Blobs;
using System;

// Replace with your connection string or account name/key
string connectionString = "YOUR_AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING";

BlobServiceClient blobServiceClient = new BlobServiceClient(connectionString);

Console.WriteLine("Containers:");
await foreach (BlobContainerItem container in blobServiceClient.GetBlobContainersAsync())
{
    Console.WriteLine($"- {container.Name}");
}

Explanation

• BlobServiceClient: The main client for interacting with Blob Storage.
• GetBlobContainersAsync(): Asynchronously enumerates containers in the storage account.

Code Example

from azure.storage.blob import BlobServiceClient

# Replace with your connection string or account name/key
connection_string = "YOUR_AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING"

blob_service_client = BlobServiceClient.from_connection_string(connection_string)

print("Containers:")
for container in blob_service_client.list_containers():
    print(f"- {container['name']}")

Explanation

• BlobServiceClient: The main client for interacting with Blob Storage.
• list_containers(): Iterates over containers in the storage account.

Request

Make a GET request to the containers endpoint.

GET https://<YOUR_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME>.blob.core.windows.net/?comp=list&api-version=2019-07-07
Authorization: SharedKey :
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:10:45 GMT
Content-Length: 0

Explanation

• ?comp=list: Specifies that you want to list containers.
• api-version: The API version to use.
• Authorization and Date headers are required for authentication. The signature is generated using your storage account key.

Example Response (XML)