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AzureDownload

Download containers, files, or folders from your Azure storage account

Choose either the container, file, or folder functionality

General usage

usage: AzureDownload [-h] {container,file,folder} ...

Download containers/files/folders from Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Available functionality:
  {container,file,folder}
    container           Download a container from Azure storage
    file                Download a file from Azure storage
    folder              Download a folder from Azure storage

AzureDownload container

Download a container from your Azure storage account

Required arguments:

container name
account name

Optional arguments:

output path: local path where container is to be saved. Default is your current working directory
verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info

Example commands:

These commands will use container-name as the name of the container and account_name as the name of the storage account

To perform a basic container download (download to your current working directory)

AzureDownload container -a account name -c container-name

To download a container to the folder outputs in your current working directory

AzureDownload container -a account name -c container-name -o outputs

To download a container to the folder /home/users/outputs

AzureDownload container -a account name -c container-name -o /home/users/outputs

Usage

usage: AzureDownload container [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME [-v VERBOSITY] [-o OUTPUT_PATH]

Download a container from Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
  -a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage account
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
                        Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
  -o OUTPUT_PATH, --output_path OUTPUT_PATH
                        Name and path of directory in which the outputs are to be saved. Default is your $CWD

AzureDownload file

Download a file from your Azure storage account

Required arguments:

container name
account name
file name

Optional arguments:

output path: local path where container is to be saved. Default is your current working directory
verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info

Example commands:

These commands will use container-name as the name of the container and account_name as the name of the storage account

To download the file file_name.gz to your current working directory

AzureDownload file -a account name -c container-name -f file_name.gz

To download the file file_name.gz nested in the outputs folder to your current working directory

AzureDownload file -a account name -c container-name -f outputs/file_name.gz

To download the file file_name.gz nested in the outputs folder to the folder files in your current working directory

AzureDownload file -a account name -c container-name -f outputs/file_name.gz -o files

To download the file file_name.gz to the folder /home/users/outputs

AzureDownload file -a account name -c container-name -f file_name.gz -o /home/users/outputs

Usage

usage: AzureDownload file [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME [-v VERBOSITY] [-o OUTPUT_PATH] -f FILE

Download a file from Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
  -a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage account
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
                        Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
  -o OUTPUT_PATH, --output_path OUTPUT_PATH
                        Name and path of directory in which the outputs are to be saved. Default is your $CWD
  -f FILE, --file FILE  Name of file to download from Azure storage.e.g. 2022-SEQ-0001_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz

AzureDownload folder

Download a folder from your Azure storage account

Required arguments:

container name
account name
folder name

Optional arguments:

output path: local path where container is to be saved. Default is your current working directory
verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info

Example commands:

These commands will use container-name as the name of the container and account_name as the name of the storage account

To download the folder folder_name to your current working directory

AzureDownload folder -a account name -c container-name -f folder_name

To download the folder folder_name nested in the outputs folder to your current working directory

AzureDownload folder -a account name -c container-name -f outputs/folder_name

To download the folder folder_name nested in the outputs folder to the folder folders in your current working directory

AzureDownload folder -a account name -c container-name -f outputs/folder_name -o folders

To download the folder folder_name to the folder /home/users/outputs

AzureDownload folder -a account name -c container-name -f folder_name -o /home/users/outputs

Usage

usage: AzureDownload folder [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME [-v VERBOSITY] [-o OUTPUT_PATH] -f FOLDER

Download a folder from Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
  -a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage account
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
                        Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
  -o OUTPUT_PATH, --output_path OUTPUT_PATH
                        Name and path of directory in which the outputs are to be saved. Default is your $CWD
  -f FOLDER, --folder FOLDER
                        Name of the folder to download from Azure storage e.g. InterOp