REST-API-to-manage-and-find-data-with-Blob-Index-for-Azure-Storage.-(Preview)

How to get started
To enroll in the Blog Index preview, submit a request to register this feature to your subscription by running the following PowerShell or CLI commands:

Register by using PowerShell

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Register-AzProviderFeature -FeatureName BlobIndex -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Storage

Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Storage

Register by using Azure CLI

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az feature register --namespace Microsoft.Storage --name BlobIndex

​az provider register --namespace 'Microsoft.Storage'

After your request is approved, any existing or new General-purpose v2 (GPv2) storage accounts in France Central and France South can leverage Blob Index’s capabilities. As with most previews, we recommend that this feature should not be used for production workloads until it reaches general availability.

For more information:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/manage-and-find-data-with-blob-index-for-azure-storage-now-in-preview/

REST API Sample:
I did a test in my lab and I can use the tag: x-ms-tags: “Date” > ‘2018-06-18’.

My request:

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GET https://jackyst2.blob.core.windows.net/container1?comp=list&include=tags&restype=container 1.1

x-ms-version: 2019-10-10
x-ms-tags: "Date" > '2018-06-18'
x-ms-date: Wed, 03 Jun 2020 02:39:07 GMT
Authorization: SharedKey jackyst2:yourkey
Host: jackyst2.blob.core.windows.net

For more inforamtion:
https://review.docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-manage-find-blobs?tabs=azure-portal&branch=master#finding-data-using-blob-index-tags

HTH. 2020-June-3 By Jacky