Checking if a blob exists in Azure Storage

Question

I've got a very simple question (I hope!) - I just want to find out if a blob (with a name I've defined) exists in a particular container. I'll be downloading it if it does exist, and if it doesn't then I'll do something else.

I've done some searching on the intertubes and apparently there used to be a function called DoesExist or something similar... but as with so many of the Azure APIs, this no longer seems to be there (or if it is, has a very cleverly disguised name).

Answer 1

The new API has the .Exists() function call. Just make sure that you use the GetBlockBlobReference, which doesn't perform the call to the server. It makes the function as easy as:

public static bool BlobExistsOnCloud(CloudBlobClient client, 
    string containerName, string key)
{
     return client.GetContainerReference(containerName)
                  .GetBlockBlobReference(key)
                  .Exists();  
}