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id: azure-storage-blob
version: "12.30.0"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-storage-blob — Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install azure-storage-blob
uv add azure-storage-blob
poetry add azure-storage-blob

## Description

# Azure Storage Blobs client library for Python
Azure Blob storage is Microsoft's object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data, such as text or binary data.

Blob storage is ideal for:

* Serving images or documents directly to a browser
* Storing files for distributed access
* Streaming video and audio
* Storing data for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and archiving
* Storing data for analysis by an on-premises or Azure-hosted service

[Source code](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob)
| [Package (PyPI)](https://pypi.org/project/azure-storage-blob/)
| [Package (Conda)](https://anaconda.org/microsoft/azure-storage/)
| [API reference documentation](https://aka.ms/azsdk-python-storage-blob-ref)
| [Product documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/)
| [Samples](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/samples)


## Getting started

### Prerequisites
* Python 3.9 or later is required to use this package. For more details, please read our page on [Azure SDK for Python version...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Azure Blob Storage client for uploading, downloading, and managing unstructured data in Microsoft's cloud object storage service.

Verdict: Production-ready Azure storage client with active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and permissive MIT licensing. Suitable for applications requiring cloud blob storage integration.

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