AzCopy Python Wrapper

This package allows you to invoke AzCopy v10 from python.

Its design has been inspired by the NodeJS version of Azcopy Wrapper which can be found here NodeJS Azcopy

Requirements

1. Azcopy

• For Linux installation,(recommended with admin privileges) you can run

# Download AzCopy
wget https://aka.ms/downloadazcopy-v10-linux
 
# Expand Archive
tar -xvf downloadazcopy-v10-linux
 
# Move AzCopy to the destination you want to store it
sudo cp ./azcopy_linux_amd64_*/azcopy /usr/bin/

# Change permissions of Azcopy
sudo chmod 777 /usr/bin/azcopy

• For windows installation, you can run

# Download and extract
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://aka.ms/downloadazcopy-v10-windows" -OutFile AzCopy.zip -UseBasicParsing
Expand-Archive ./AzCopy.zip ./AzCopy -Force

# Move AzCopy
mkdir ~\AppData\Local\Programs\AZCopy
Get-ChildItem ./AzCopy/*/azcopy.exe | Move-Item -Destination ~\AppData\Local\Programs\AZCopy\

# Add AzCopy to PATH
$userenv = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Environment' -Name Path).path
$newPath = "$userenv;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\AZCopy;"
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Environment' -Name Path -Value $newPath -Force

# Clean the kitchen
del -Force AzCopy.zip
del -Force -Recurse .\AzCopy\

Please ensure that the path to the AzCopy executable file is specified in the System variables for the AzClient to work properly. Otherwise, you will have to specify the path to the executable file while iniating the AzClient. Refer the examples and common issues portion to know more about this.

• For detailed installation steps, you can refer the following links

1. AzCopy official Documentation
2. AzCopy Installation Scripts Option 1
3. AzCopy Installation Scripts Option 2

Basic Usage

NOTE: If you want to specify the AzCopy binary/executable to be used according to the OS, you can do it while initiating the AzClient object.

For Linux based systems (Please ensure the file specified here has the required permissions)

az_client = AzClient(exe_to_use="/usr/bin/azcopy")

For Windows

az_client = AzClient(exe_to_use="C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\AZCopy\\azcopy.exe")

1. Upload Directory to Remote Location

from azcopy_wrapper.azcopy_client import AzClient
from azcopy_wrapper.azcopy_utilities import (
    AzRemoteSASLocation,
    AzLocalLocation,
    AzCopyOptions,
    AzSyncOptions,
)

local_location = AzLocalLocation(
    path="./test_data/",
    use_wildcard=True,
)

remote_location = AzRemoteSASLocation(
    storage_account=storage_account,
    container=container,
    path="test4",
    sas_token=sas_token,
)

transfer_options = AzCopyOptions(
    overwrite_existing=True,
    recursive=True,
    exclude_path=f"test2.jpg;test_data_4;test_data_3/test3.jpg",
)

az_client = AzClient()

job_info = az_client.upload_data_to_remote_location(
    src=local_location, dest=remote_location, transfer_options=transfer_options
)

print(job_info.__dict__)

2. Download a remote file to local path

remote_location = AzRemoteSASLocation(
    storage_account=storage_account,
    container=container,
    path="test1.jpg",
    sas_token=sas_token,
)

local_location = AzLocalLocation(
    path="./test_data/test4.jpg",
)

transfer_options = AzCopyOptions(
    overwrite_existing=True,
)

az_client = AzClient()

job_info = az_client.download_data_to_local_location(
    src=remote_location, dest=local_location, transfer_options=transfer_options
)

print(job_info.__dict__)

3. Transfer files from one container to container

remote_location_src = AzRemoteSASLocation(
    storage_account=storage_account1,
    container=container1,
    path="test1/",
    sas_token=sas_token_cont1,
    use_wildcard=True,
)

remote_location_dest = AzRemoteSASLocation(
    storage_account=storage_account2,
    container=container2,
    path="test_dest5/",
    sas_token=sas_token_cont2,
)

transfer_options = AzCopyOptions(
    overwrite_existing=True,
    recursive=True,
    put_md5=True,
)

az_client = AzClient()

job_info = az_client.copy_remote_data_from_container_to_container(
    src=remote_location_src, dest=remote_location_dest, transfer_options=transfer_options
)

print(job_info.__dict__)

4. Sync a local directory to remote location

src = AzLocalLocation(
    path="./test_data/test_data3/",
)

dest = AzRemoteSASLocation(
    storage_account=storage_account,
    container=container,
    path="test7/",
    sas_token=sas_token,
)

transfer_options = AzSyncOptions(
    recursive=True,
    exclude_path="test_data_2;test_data_5"
)

az_client = AzClient()

job_info = az_client.sync_to_remote_location(
    src=src, dest=dest, transfer_options=transfer_options
)

print(job_info.__dict__)

For more examples, you can refer AzCopy Wrapper Examples Notebook

Common Issues

1. For Windows operating system, if there is an error "FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified", please ensure that the path to AzCopy exectable file is set in System Environment Variables.
   If the error persists even after setting the path, you can specify the path to the executable while creating the AzClient object.
   

az_client = AzClient(exe_to_use="C:\\Users\\DELL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\AZCopy\\azcopy.exe")

v1.0.0

• First version of this python azcopy wrapper!
• Validated against AzCopy 10.17.0.
• Copy and Sync commands
• Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10.