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az storage blob metadata

Manage blob metadata.

Commands

Name Description Type Status
az storage blob metadata show

Return all user-defined metadata for the specified blob or snapshot.

Core GA
az storage blob metadata update

Sets user-defined metadata for the blob as one or more name-value pairs.

Core GA

az storage blob metadata show

Return all user-defined metadata for the specified blob or snapshot.

az storage blob metadata show [--account-key]
                              [--account-name]
                              [--auth-mode {key, login}]
                              [--blob-endpoint]
                              [--blob-url]
                              [--connection-string]
                              [--container-name]
                              [--if-match]
                              [--if-modified-since]
                              [--if-none-match]
                              [--if-unmodified-since]
                              [--lease-id]
                              [--name]
                              [--sas-token]
                              [--snapshot]
                              [--tags-condition]
                              [--timeout]

Examples

Show user-defined metadata for blob.

az storage blob metadata show --container-name mycontainer --name myblob

Optional Parameters

The following parameters are optional, but depending on the context, one or more might become required for the command to execute successfully.

--account-key

Storage account key. Must be used in conjunction with storage account name or service endpoint. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_KEY.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--account-name

Storage account name. Related environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT. Must be used in conjunction with either storage account key or a SAS token. If neither are present, the command will try to query the storage account key using the authenticated Azure account. If a large number of storage commands are executed the API quota may be hit.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--auth-mode

The mode in which to run the command. "login" mode will directly use your login credentials for the authentication. The legacy "key" mode will attempt to query for an account key if no authentication parameters for the account are provided. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_AUTH_MODE.

Property Value
Accepted values: key, login
--blob-endpoint

Storage data service endpoint. Must be used in conjunction with either storage account key or a SAS token. You can find each service primary endpoint with az storage account show. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_SERVICE_ENDPOINT.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--blob-url

The full endpoint URL to the Blob, including SAS token and snapshot if used. This could be either the primary endpoint, or the secondary endpoint depending on the current location_mode.

--connection-string

Storage account connection string. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--container-name -c

The container name.

--if-match

An ETag value, or the wildcard character (*). Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource's ETag matches the value specified.

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--if-modified-since

Commence only if modified since supplied UTC datetime (Y-m-d'T'H:M'Z').

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--if-none-match

An ETag value, or the wildcard character (). Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource's ETag does not match the value specified. Specify the wildcard character () to perform the operation only if the resource does not exist, and fail the operation if it does exist.

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--if-unmodified-since

Commence only if unmodified since supplied UTC datetime (Y-m-d'T'H:M'Z').

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--lease-id

Required if the blob has an active lease.

--name -n

The blob name.

--sas-token

A Shared Access Signature (SAS). Must be used in conjunction with storage account name or service endpoint. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_SAS_TOKEN.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--snapshot

The snapshot parameter is an opaque DateTime value that, when present, specifies the blob snapshot to retrieve.

--tags-condition

Specify a SQL where clause on blob tags to operate only on blobs with a matching value.

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--timeout

Request timeout in seconds. Applies to each call to the service.

Global Parameters
--debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

Property Value
Default value: False
--help -h

Show this help message and exit.

--only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

Property Value
Default value: False
--output -o

Output format.

Property Value
Default value: json
Accepted values: json, jsonc, none, table, tsv, yaml, yamlc
--query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

--subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

--verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.

Property Value
Default value: False

az storage blob metadata update

Sets user-defined metadata for the blob as one or more name-value pairs.

az storage blob metadata update [--account-key]
                                [--account-name]
                                [--auth-mode {key, login}]
                                [--blob-endpoint]
                                [--blob-url]
                                [--connection-string]
                                [--container-name]
                                [--if-match]
                                [--if-modified-since]
                                [--if-none-match]
                                [--if-unmodified-since]
                                [--lease-id]
                                [--metadata]
                                [--name]
                                [--sas-token]
                                [--snapshot]
                                [--tags-condition]
                                [--timeout]

Examples

Set user-defined metadata for blob.

az storage blob metadata update --container-name mycontainer --name myblob --metadata key=value

Optional Parameters

The following parameters are optional, but depending on the context, one or more might become required for the command to execute successfully.

--account-key

Storage account key. Must be used in conjunction with storage account name or service endpoint. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_KEY.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--account-name

Storage account name. Related environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT. Must be used in conjunction with either storage account key or a SAS token. If neither are present, the command will try to query the storage account key using the authenticated Azure account. If a large number of storage commands are executed the API quota may be hit.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--auth-mode

The mode in which to run the command. "login" mode will directly use your login credentials for the authentication. The legacy "key" mode will attempt to query for an account key if no authentication parameters for the account are provided. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_AUTH_MODE.

Property Value
Accepted values: key, login
--blob-endpoint

Storage data service endpoint. Must be used in conjunction with either storage account key or a SAS token. You can find each service primary endpoint with az storage account show. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_SERVICE_ENDPOINT.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--blob-url

The full endpoint URL to the Blob, including SAS token and snapshot if used. This could be either the primary endpoint, or the secondary endpoint depending on the current location_mode.

--connection-string

Storage account connection string. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--container-name -c

The container name.

--if-match

An ETag value, or the wildcard character (*). Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource's ETag matches the value specified.

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--if-modified-since

Commence only if modified since supplied UTC datetime (Y-m-d'T'H:M'Z').

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--if-none-match

An ETag value, or the wildcard character (). Specify this header to perform the operation only if the resource's ETag does not match the value specified. Specify the wildcard character () to perform the operation only if the resource does not exist, and fail the operation if it does exist.

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--if-unmodified-since

Commence only if unmodified since supplied UTC datetime (Y-m-d'T'H:M'Z').

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--lease-id

Required if the blob has an active lease.

--metadata

Metadata in space-separated key=value pairs. This overwrites any existing metadata.

--name -n

The blob name.

--sas-token

A Shared Access Signature (SAS). Must be used in conjunction with storage account name or service endpoint. Environment variable: AZURE_STORAGE_SAS_TOKEN.

Property Value
Parameter group: Storage Account Arguments
--snapshot

The snapshot parameter is an opaque DateTime value that, when present, specifies the blob snapshot to retrieve.

--tags-condition

Specify a SQL where clause on blob tags to operate only on blobs with a matching value.

Property Value
Parameter group: Precondition Arguments
--timeout

Request timeout in seconds. Applies to each call to the service.

Global Parameters
--debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

Property Value
Default value: False
--help -h

Show this help message and exit.

--only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

Property Value
Default value: False
--output -o

Output format.

Property Value
Default value: json
Accepted values: json, jsonc, none, table, tsv, yaml, yamlc
--query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

--subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

--verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.

Property Value
Default value: False