uploading files from Laravel to azure blob storage

Question

I was given a task to maintain a Laravel project with Vue.js (inertia) (not very experienced with both). Now we need to switch the host to Azure and I am stuck on the file storage. Specifically, I am not sure how to upload files from Laravel to the Blob. I am already using https://github.com/matthewbdaly/laravel-azure-storage which is a convenient way to connect the driver.

My driver in filesystem.php (details are correct):

'azure' => [
            'driver'    => 'azure',
            'name'      => env('AZURE_STORAGE_NAME'),
            'key'       => env('AZURE_STORAGE_KEY'),
            'container' => env('AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER'),
            'url'       => env('AZURE_STORAGE_URL'),
            'prefix'    => null,
        ],

my controller:

$url = request()->file->store('azure');

Please help!

Please try to use code: store('<path>','<file_name>','azure') : laravel.com/docs/8.x/filesystem#specifying-a-disk — Jim Xu
No, it's not a base64 img. I am not trying to store it in the database but the Storage explorer in Azure. I tried specifying the disk. It didn't work for me. I tested giving the URL for the blob as <path> and also the root ( / ). Both options did not work. — brpetrov
Now I noticed that I get a Status:500 on network saying: "The provided account key '' is not a valid base64 string. It has to pass the check 'base64_decode(<user_account_key>, true)'.". Any Ideas? — brpetrov
@brpetrov Could you please tell me how you get an account key? — Jim Xu

Jim Xu Jim Xu · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-27T05:41:34

According to my test, we should use double quotes to expand the access key in .evn.

For example

Add this in .env file

AZURE_STORAGE_NAME=<account name>
AZURE_STORAGE_KEY="<account key>"
AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER=
AZURE_STORAGE_URL=https://<account name>.blob.core.windows.net/

Add this to the disks section of config/filesystems.php:

'azure' => [
            'driver'    => 'azure',
            'name'      => env('AZURE_STORAGE_NAME'),
            'key'       => env('AZURE_STORAGE_KEY'),
            'container' => env('AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER'),
            'url'       => env('AZURE_STORAGE_URL'),
            'prefix'    => null,
        ],

Uplaod code

  public function fileUpload(Request $req){
        $req->validate([
        'file' => 'required|mimes:csv,txt,xlx,xls,pdf|max:2048'
        ]);

      

        if($req->file()) {
            $fileName = time().'_'.$req->file->getClientOriginalName();
            // save file to azure blob virtual directory uplaods in your container
            $filePath = $req->file('file')->storeAs('uploads/', $fileName, 'azure');

            return back()
            ->with('success','File has been uploaded.')

        }
   }

uploading files from Laravel to azure blob storage

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