How to check if Azure Blob file Exists or Not

Question

I want to check a particular file exist in Azure Blob Storage. Is it possible to check by specifying it's file name? Each time i got File Not Found Error.

Answer 1

This extension method should help you:

public static class BlobExtensions
{
    public static bool Exists(this CloudBlob blob)
    {
        try
        {
            blob.FetchAttributes();
            return true;
        }
        catch (StorageClientException e)
        {
            if (e.ErrorCode == StorageErrorCode.ResourceNotFound)
            {
                return false;
            }
            else
            {
                throw;
            }
        }
    }
}

Usage:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var blob = CloudStorageAccount.DevelopmentStorageAccount
        .CreateCloudBlobClient().GetBlobReference(args[0]);
    // or CloudStorageAccount.Parse("<your connection string>")

    if (blob.Exists())
    {
        Console.WriteLine("The blob exists!");
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("The blob doesn't exist.");
    }
}

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/testing-existence-of-a-windows-azure-blob