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title: "Create Azure Blob Container"
slug: "create-azure-blob-container"
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published: 2025-01-22T21:28:18Z
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# Create Azure Blob Container

| Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 4.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 9.4.0 |
| **Location** | Integration > Azure Storage |

The **Create Azure Blob Container** step provides a way to create an Azure Blob Container using a Flow. Creating an Azure Blob container is the first step in using Azure Blob Storage. A container is a logical unit of storage that can hold multiple blobs (which are essentially files).

### Prerequisites

This step requires the Azure module to be [installed](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/installing-modules-decisions) before it will be available in the toolbox. In addition, the step will require the connection string from an Azure Storage account in order to create the container.

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## Properties

#### Settings

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timeout | This property allows Users to set the Network Timeout Period. | --- |

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Connection String | The connection string for an Azure Storage account. This can be located by navigating to the Storage Account within the Azure Portal, then selecting **Shared access signature** to create and display the connection string. | String |
| Container Name | The name of the container. This name may only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens and must begin with a letter or a number. Each hyphen must be preceded and followed by a non-hyphen character. The name must also be between 3 and 63 characters long. | String |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Error |  |  |
|  | Error Message | The string returned if there are any errors when creating the Azure Blob | String |
| Container Was Created |  |  |
|  | Container Was Created | The boolean value returned if the container was successfully created | Boolean |

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## Example Inputs and Outputs

| Connection String | Container Name | Output |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=[AccountName];AccountKey=[AccountKey]=;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net | examplecontainer | Success message returned, Container was Created = true |
| DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=[AccountName];AccountKey=[AccountKey]=;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net | ExampleContainer! | Error Message: "The specified resource name contains invalid characters" |
| Null value | examplecontainer | Error Message: "Value cannot be null" |
| Empty String | examplecontainer | Error Message: "Value cannot be null" |
| DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=[AccountName];AccountKey=[AccountKey]=;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net | null | Success message returned, Container was Created = true |
| DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=[AccountName];AccountKey=[AccountKey]=;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net | Null Value | Error Message: "Value cannot be null" |

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## Common Errors

### The specified resource name contains invalid characters

The following message will appear if the Container Name input contains any invalid characters that do not follow [Azure's resource naming restrictions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-name-rules). Ensure that the name of the resource is valid.

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## Feature Changes

| Description | Version | Release Date | Developer Task |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Added the Network Timeout property to all Azure Storage Steps. | [9.4](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-94x-release-notes?highlight=DT-042418%5D%20Expose%20Network%20Timeout%20and%20Retries%20for) | November 6, 2024 | [DT-042418] |

Related Information

Articles: [Azure Storage Module](https://documentation.decisions.com/v8/docs/azure-storage-module)