A MSBuild task to allow copying of files to Azure Blob Storage. To save unnecessary copying files are only copied if the source files last write time is different to the one tagged against the blob in Azure.
The latest version of the library can be downloaded from the Latest Release Page.
Include the DLL in your MSBuild project
<UsingTask TaskName="CopyToAzureBlobStorageTask" AssemblyFile="..\PATH-TO-DLL\RhysG.MSBuild.Azure.dll"/>
Create an item group referencing the files you want to copy to Azure Blob storage. For example to copy all the javascript files from the scripts directory:
<ItemGroup>
<Scripts Include="..\PATH-TO-FILES\scripts\*.js" />
</ItemGroup>
Then call the CopyToAzureBlobStorageTask this takes several parameters described below. To copy the files selected above to a container named scripts:
<CopyToAzureBlobStorageTask ContainerName="scripts" ContentType="text/javascript" ConnectionString="YOUR-AZURE-CONNECTION-STRING" Files="@(Scripts)" />
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| ContainerName | The name of the Azure Blob container to copy the files to. If this does not exist it will be created |
| ConnectionString | The Azure connection string to use |
| Files | The files to copy |
| ContentType | Optional The content type for Azure to serve the files as |
| DestinationFolder | Optional The destination folder to upload the file(s) |
Thanks to stephenwelsh and swythan for the updates to this project. If you have an enhancement or fix, please fork the project and submit a pull request! Details of past pull requests can be found here
This library is released under the FreeBSD License, see LICENSE.txt for more information.
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