Azure File Storage

Connect to Azure Files to perform file operations.

This article describes the operations for the Azure File Storage built-in connector, which is available only for Standard workflows in single-tenant Azure Logic Apps. If you're looking for the Azure File Storage managed connector operations instead, see Azure File Storage managed connector reference.

Built-in connector settings

In a Standard logic app resource, the application and host settings control various thresholds for performance, throughput, timeout, and so on. For more information, see Edit host and app settings for Standard logic app workflows.

Authentication

Storage account connection string

The connection string for your Azure storage account.

Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Required	Allowed Values
Storage account connection string	The connection string for your Azure storage account.	securestring	True

Active Directory OAuth

Active Directory OAuth

Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Required	Allowed Values
Storage Account URI	Storage account URI	string	True
Active Directory OAuth	Active Directory OAuth	string	True
Authority	Active Directory authority	string	False
Tenant	Active Directory tenant	string	True
Credential type	Active Directory credential type	string	False	Certificate, Secret
Client ID	Active Directory client ID	string	True
Client secret	Active Directory client secret	securestring	True
Pfx	Active Directory pfx	securestring	True
Password	Active Directory password	securestring	True

Managed identity

Managed identity

Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Required	Allowed Values
Storage Account URI	Storage account URI	string	True
Managed identity	Managed identity	string	True
Managed identity	Managed identity	string	False

Actions

Copy file	Copies a file from your Azure file share in your Azure storage account.
Create file	Creates a file in your Azure file share.
Delete file	Deletes a file from your Azure file share.
Extract archive	Extract an archive file inside the specified folder. Only ZIP archives are supported.
Get file content	Gets a file's content by specifing only the file path, not an ID.
Get file content using path	Gets a file's content by specifying a path.
Get file metadata	Gets a file's metadata by specifying only the file path, not an ID.
Get file metadata using path	Gets a file's metadata by specifying a path.
List files	Lists the files in a folder.
Update file	Updates a file in your Azure file share.

Copy file

Operation ID:

copyFile

Copies a file from your Azure file share in your Azure storage account.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Source file path	SourceFilePath	True	string	The path to the source file.
Destination file path	destinationFilePath	True	string	The destination file path.
Overwrite destination file?	overwrite		string	Specifies whether to overwrite the destination file (true/false).

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
File name	name	string	The file name.
File path	path	string	The file path.
ETag	etag	string	The ETag for the file.
Content type	contentType	string	The file's content type.
Is folder	isFolder	string	Whether or not the file is a folder.
Last modified	lastModifiedDateTime	string	The file's last modified date and time.
File identifier	id	string	The file identifier.
File size	fileSize	string	The file size.

Create file

Operation ID:

createFile

Creates a file in your Azure file share.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Folder path	folderPath	True	string	The folder path where to upload the file.
File name	fileName	True	string	The name for the file to create.
File content	fileContent	True	string	The file content to upload.
Overwrite destination file?	overwrite		string	Specifies whether to overwrite the destination file (true/false).

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
File name	name	string	The file name.
File path	path	string	The file path.
ETag	etag	string	The ETag for the file.
Content type	contentType	string	The file's content type.
Is folder	isFolder	string	Whether or not the file is a folder.
Last modified	lastModifiedDateTime	string	The file's last modified date and time.
File identifier	id	string	The file identifier.
File size	fileSize	string	The file size.

Delete file

Operation ID:

deleteFile

Deletes a file from your Azure file share.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
File ID	fileId	True	string	The ID for the file to delete.

Extract archive

Operation ID:

extractArchive

Extract an archive file inside the specified folder. Only ZIP archives are supported.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
File path	filePath		string	A unique path to the file.
Folder path	destinationFolderPath	True	string	The folder path where to upload the file.
Overwrite existing files behaviour	overwriteExistingFilesBehaviour		string	The input determines the behaviour when dealing with files having same path as the archive already exist on the file share.
File content	fileContent		string	The file content to upload.

Returns

The list containing the metadata for all the extracted files.

Extract archive output body

array

Get file content

Operation ID:

getFileContent

Gets a file's content by specifing only the file path, not an ID.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
File ID	fileId	True	string	A unique path to the file.
Infer content type	inferContentType		string	Infers the content type, based on the file extension.

Returns

The file content.

File content

string

Get file content using path

Operation ID:

getFileContentByPath

Gets a file's content by specifying a path.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
File path	fileId	True	string	A unique path to the file.
Infer content type	inferContentType		string	Infers the content type, based on the file extension.

Returns

The file content.

File content

string

Get file metadata

Operation ID:

getFileMetadata

Gets a file's metadata by specifying only the file path, not an ID.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
File ID	fileId	True	string	A unique path to the file.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
File name	name	string	The file name.
File path	path	string	The file path.
ETag	etag	string	The ETag for the file.
Content type	contentType	string	The file's content type.
Is folder	isFolder	string	Whether or not the file is a folder.
Last modified	lastModifiedDateTime	string	The file's last modified date and time.
File identifier	id	string	The file identifier.
File size	fileSize	string	The file size.

Get file metadata using path

Operation ID:

getFileMetadataByPath

Gets a file's metadata by specifying a path.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
File path	filePath	True	string	A unique path to the file.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
File name	name	string	The file name.
File path	path	string	The file path.
ETag	etag	string	The ETag for the file.
Content type	contentType	string	The file's content type.
Is folder	isFolder	string	Whether or not the file is a folder.
Last modified	lastModifiedDateTime	string	The file's last modified date and time.
File identifier	id	string	The file identifier.
File size	fileSize	string	The file size.

List files

Operation ID:

listFolder

Lists the files in a folder.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Folder ID	folderId	True	string	The ID for the folder.

Returns

Output

array

Update file

Operation ID:

updateFile

Updates a file in your Azure file share.

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
File ID	fileId	True	string	The file to update.
File content	fileContent	True	string	The file content to upload.

Returns

Name	Path	Type	Description
File name	name	string	The file name.
File path	path	string	The file path.
ETag	etag	string	The ETag for the file.
Content type	contentType	string	The file's content type.
Is folder	isFolder	string	Whether or not the file is a folder.
Last modified	lastModifiedDateTime	string	The file's last modified date and time.
File identifier	id	string	The file identifier.
File size	fileSize	string	The file size.