Added convenient method to generate container url

azure-storage-blob/ChangeLog.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## Version XX.XX.XX:
 
 - Optimized page blob upload for create_blob_from_* methods, by skipping the empty chunks.
+- Added convenient method to generate container url (make_container_url).
 
 ## Version 0.37.1:
 

azure-storage-blob/azure/storage/blob/baseblobservice.py

@@ -258,6 +258,33 @@ def make_blob_url(self, container_name, blob_name, protocol=None, sas_token=None
 
         return url
 
+    def make_container_url(self, container_name, protocol=None, sas_token=None):
+        '''
+        Creates the url to access a container.
+
+        :param str container_name:
+            Name of container.
+        :param str protocol:
+            Protocol to use: 'http' or 'https'. If not specified, uses the
+            protocol specified when BaseBlobService was initialized.
+        :param str sas_token:
+            Shared access signature token created with
+            generate_shared_access_signature.
+        :return: container access URL.
+        :rtype: str
+        '''
+
+        url = '{}://{}/{}?restype=container'.format(
+            protocol or self.protocol,
+            self.primary_endpoint,
+            container_name,
+        )
+
+        if sas_token:
+            url = '{}&{}'.format(url, sas_token)
+
+        return url
+
     def generate_account_shared_access_signature(self, resource_types, permission,
                                                  expiry, start=None, ip=None, protocol=None):
         '''

tests/blob/test_common_blob.py

@@ -204,6 +204,36 @@ def test_make_blob_url_with_snapshot_and_sas(self):
                          + '.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/my.vhd?'
                            'snapshot=2016-11-09T14:11:07.6175300Z&sas')
 
+    def test_make_container_url(self):
+        # Arrange
+
+        # Act
+        res = self.bs.make_container_url('vhds')
+
+        # Assert
+        self.assertEqual(res, 'https://' + self.settings.STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME
+                         + '.blob.core.windows.net/vhds?restype=container')
+
+    def test_make_container_url_with_protocol(self):
+        # Arrange
+
+        # Act
+        res = self.bs.make_container_url('vhds', protocol='http')
+
+        # Assert
+        self.assertEqual(res, 'http://' + self.settings.STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME
+                         + '.blob.core.windows.net/vhds?restype=container')
+
+    def test_make_container_url_with_sas(self):
+        # Arrange
+
+        # Act
+        res = self.bs.make_container_url('vhds', sas_token='sas')
+
+        # Assert
+        self.assertEqual(res, 'https://' + self.settings.STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME
+                         + '.blob.core.windows.net/vhds?restype=container&sas')
+
     @record
     def test_create_blob_with_question_mark(self):
         # Arrange
@@ -959,22 +989,29 @@ def test_account_sas(self):
         blob_name = self._create_block_blob()
 
         token = self.bs.generate_account_shared_access_signature(
-            ResourceTypes.OBJECT,
+            ResourceTypes.OBJECT + ResourceTypes.CONTAINER,
             AccountPermissions.READ,
             datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=1),
         )
 
         # Act
-        url = self.bs.make_blob_url(
+        blob_url = self.bs.make_blob_url(
             self.container_name,
             blob_name,
             sas_token=token,
         )
-        response = requests.get(url)
+        container_url = self.bs.make_container_url(
+            self.container_name,
+            sas_token=token,
+        )
+
+        blob_response = requests.get(blob_url)
+        container_response = requests.get(container_url)
 
         # Assert
-        self.assertTrue(response.ok)
-        self.assertEqual(self.byte_data, response.content)
+        self.assertTrue(blob_response.ok)
+        self.assertEqual(self.byte_data, blob_response.content)
+        self.assertTrue(container_response.ok)
 
     @record
     def test_shared_read_access_blob(self):