Extract content from PDF files stored in a blue blob

Question

Able to list the files of an Azure Blob, however I am not able to list the contents of the PDF files present in that Blob.

import os
import uuid
import sys
from azure.storage.blob import BlockBlobService, PublicAccess

# Create the BlockBlockService that the system uses to call the Blob service for the storage account.
block_blob_service = BlockBlobService(
    account_name='<NAME>', account_key='<KEY>')

# Create a container called 'quickstartblobs'.
container_name = 'dataset'
block_blob_service.create_container(container_name)

# Set the permission so the blobs are public.
block_blob_service.set_container_acl(
    container_name, public_access=PublicAccess.Container)

# List the blobs in the container.
print("\nList blobs in the container")
generator = block_blob_service.list_blobs(container_name)
for blob in generator:
    print("\t Blob name: " + blob.name)

How can I list files and extract the contents of a file present in Azure Blob Storage?

Answer 1

@José Roberto Madureira Junior Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

This article shows you how to use query acceleration to retrieve a subset of data from your storage account: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/data-lake-storage-query-acceleration-how-to?tabs=azure-powershell%2Cpowershell

As of now to get the contents of the blob --> Query acceleration for CSV and Json is there, PDF is not available as of now.. So the workaround is that he downloads the PDF and does the filter on client side using some PDF reader ( third party) in their application

There is a similar thread discussion here can you please refer to the suggestion mentioned over-there and let me know the status

Additional information: Easiest way to list and extract the content of PDF files in Azure Blob Storage you can use Azure Storage Explorer tool

Get-AzStorageBlob -Container 'containerName' -Context $StorageContext | Where-Object {!($_.Name -like '*.pdf')}  

If you want to read pdf form azure blob, please refer to the following code

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.
Looking forward for your reply!

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