Blob container creation exception

Question

I get an exception every time I try to create a container for the blob

using the following code

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CloudStorageAccount storageAccInfo; CloudBlobClient blobStorageType; CloudBlobContainer ContBlob;  blobStorageType = storageAccInfo.CreateCloudBlobClient();  //then I initialize storageAccInfo  ContBlob = blobStorageType.GetContainerReference(containerName); //everything fine till here ; next line creates an exception  ContBlob.CreateIfNotExist(); 

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Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.StorageClientException was unhandled   Message="One of the request inputs is out of range."   Source="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient"   StackTrace:        at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.Tasks.Task`1.get_Result()        at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.Tasks.Task`1.ExecuteAndWait()        at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.TaskImplHelper.ExecuteImplWithRetry[T](Func`2 impl, RetryPolicy policy)        at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.CloudBlobContainer.CreateIfNotExist(BlobRequestOptions options)        at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.CloudBlobContainer.CreateIfNotExist()        at WebRole1.BlobFun..ctor() in C:\Users\cloud\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\CloudBlob\WebRole1\BlobFun.cs:line 58        at WebRole1.BlobFun.calling1() in C:\Users\cloud\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\CloudBlob\WebRole1\BlobFun.cs:line 29        at AzureBlobTester.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\cloud\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\CloudBlob\AzureBlobTester\Program.cs:line 19        at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)        at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)        at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()        at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)        at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)        at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()   InnerException: System.Net.WebException        Message="The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."        Source="System"        StackTrace:             at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)             at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.EventHelper.ProcessWebResponse(WebRequest req, IAsyncResult asyncResult, EventHandler`1 handler, Object sender)        InnerException:  

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Do you guys knw what is it that I am doing wrong ?

Answer 1

My guess is that the container name you're using violates the naming rules. Check http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd135715.aspx.

Answer 2

I've got the same exception. The solution: change container names to lower case.

With exception:

CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("Script"); container.CreateIfNotExist(); 

Works fine:

CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("script"); container.CreateIfNotExist();