This is the full example for Emptying an Azure Container with PowerShell.
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## Get Parameters
Param(
[string] $ResourceGroupName,
[string] $StorageAccountName,
[string] $StorageContainerNames
)
## Static Parameters
#Login-AzureRmAccount
#Set-AzureRmContext -SubscriptionID 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111
#$ResourceGroupName = "GroupName"
#$StorageAccountName = "AccountName"
#$StorageContainerNames = "ContainerName1, ContainerName2, ContainerName3"
try{
## Get Storage Details
Write-Output ("Get Storage Account $StorageAccountName Keys")
$Keys = Get-AzureRmStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $StorageAccountName;
Write-Output ("Get Storage Account $StorageAccountName Context")
$StorageContext = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $Keys[0].Value;
## Proccess Each Container
$StorageContainerNames.Split(",") | ForEach {
$currentContainer = $_
Write-Output ("Start Remove for Container $currentContainer")
## Remove Containers Blobs
if ((Get-AzureStorageContainer -Context $StorageContext | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $currentContainer })){
Write-Output ("Get all $currentContainer Blobs")
$blobs = Get-AzureStorageBlob -Container $currentContainer -Context $StorageContext
## Remove all Blobs
Write-Output ("Remove all $currentContainer Blobs")
if ($blobs -ne $null) {
foreach ($blob in $blobs){
Write-Output ("Removing Blob: {0}" -f $blob.Name)
Remove-AzureStorageBlob -Blob $blob.Name -Container $currentContainer -Context $StorageContext
}
}
else {
Write-Warning "Container $currentContainer was already empty"
}
}
else {
Write-Warning "Container $currentContainer doesn't exists."
}
}
}catch {
Write-Error "$_.Exception.Message"
}
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