---
title: "Adds files from the Azure Blob Storage into a collection."
method: POST
path: "/ingest/azure_blob_storage"
tags: ["Document Ingestion"]
---

# Adds files from the Azure Blob Storage into a collection.

`POST /ingest/azure_blob_storage`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/ingest/azure_blob_storage`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/ingest/azure_blob_storage/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Adds files from the Azure Blob Storage into a collection.

## Query parameters

- `collection_id` string, required
- `gen_doc_summaries` boolean
- `gen_doc_questions` boolean
- `audio_input_language` string
- `ocr_model` string
- `tesseract_lang` string
- `keep_tables_as_one_chunk` boolean
- `chunk_by_page` boolean
- `handwriting_check` boolean
- `ingest_mode` 'standard' | 'agent_only'
- `timeout` number, double

## Request body

- IngestFromAzureBlobStorageBody
  - `container` string, required: Name of the Azure Blob Storage container.
  - `paths` string[], required: Path or list of paths to files or directories within an Azure Blob Storage container.
  - `account_name` string, required: Name of a storage account
  - `credentials` AzureCredentials: The object with Azure credentials. If container is private, set either `account_key` or `sas_token`.
    - `account_key` string
    - `sas_token` string
  - `metadata` object: Metadata for the document.

## Response `204`

Successful operation

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

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