How to upload a large file in Azure blob storage from angular app directly

Question

I have the connection string and container name of azure storage. I want to upload a large file from my angular app to azure storage directly. I also want to show the uploading progress. How can I do that?

Answer 1

According to my test, if you want to upload file to Azure blob, please refer to the following steps

1. Create an angular web app

ng new <appname>

2. install Azure storage SDk

npm install @azure/storage-blob

2. Update app.component.html File

<div class="form-group">
  <label for="file">Choose File</label>
  <input type="file"
         id="file"
         (change)="onFileChange($event)">
</div>

4. Update Environment.ts

export const environment = {
  production: false,
  accountName : "<account name>",
  containerName:"",
   key:""
};

5. Add the following code in polyfills.ts

(window as any).global = window;
(window as any).process = require( 'process' );
(window as any).Buffer = require( 'buffer' ).Buffer;

6. Add the following code in app.component.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import {BlobServiceClient,AnonymousCredential,newPipeline } from '@azure/storage-blob';
import { environment } from './../environments/environment';
@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  title = 'web1';
  currentFile : File =null;
  onFileChange(event) {
    this.currentFile = event.target.files[0];
    this.upload();
 }

 async upload(){
// generate account sas token
  const accountName =environment.accountName;
  const key=environment.key;
  const start = new Date(new Date().getTime() - (15 * 60 * 1000));
  const end = new Date(new Date().getTime() + (30 * 60 * 1000));
const signedpermissions = 'rwdlac';
  const signedservice = 'b';
  const signedresourcetype = 'sco';
  const signedexpiry = end.toISOString().substring(0, end.toISOString().lastIndexOf('.')) + 'Z';
  const signedProtocol = 'https';
  const signedversion = '2018-03-28';

  const StringToSign =
      accountName+ '\n' +
      signedpermissions + '\n' +
      signedservice + '\n' +
      signedresourcetype + '\n' +
       '\n' +
      signedexpiry + '\n' +
       '\n' +
      signedProtocol + '\n' +
signedversion + '\n';
  const crypto =require('crypto')
   const sig = crypto.createHmac('sha256', Buffer.from(key, 'base64')).update(StringToSign, 'utf8').digest('base64');
  const sasToken =`sv=${(signedversion)}&ss=${(signedservice)}&srt=${(signedresourcetype)}&sp=${(signedpermissions)}&se=${encodeURIComponent(signedexpiry)}&spr=${(signedProtocol)}&sig=${encodeURIComponent(sig)}`;
  const containerName=environment.containerName;

            const pipeline =newPipeline (new AnonymousCredential(),{
            retryOptions: { maxTries: 4 }, // Retry options
            userAgentOptions: { userAgentPrefix: "AdvancedSample V1.0.0" }, // Customized telemetry string
            keepAliveOptions: {
                // Keep alive is enabled by default, disable keep alive by setting false
                enable: false
            }
            });

            const blobServiceClient =new BlobServiceClient(`https://${accountname}.blob.core.windows.net?${sasToken}`,
                                                             pipeline  )
            const containerClient =blobServiceClient.getContainerClient(containerName)
            if(!containerClient.exists()){
            console.log("the container does not exit")
            await containerClient.create()

            }
            const client = containerClient.getBlockBlobClient(this.currentFile.name)
           const response = await client.uploadBrowserData(this.currentFile,{
                  blockSize: 4 * 1024 * 1024, // 4MB block size
                  concurrency: 20, // 20 concurrency
                  onProgress: (ev) => console.log(ev),
                  blobHTTPHeaders :{blobContentType:this.currentFile.type}
                  })
    console.log(response._response.status)
 }
}

7 Test. I upload a 1.3 GB video.