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AzureStorage.DataLakeContents

Returns the content of the specified file from an Azure Data Lake Storage filesystem.

Syntax​

AzureStorage.DataLakeContents(
    url as text,
    optional options as record
) as binary

Remarks​

Returns the content of the file at the URL, url, from an Azure Data Lake Storage filesystem. options may be specified to control the following options:

  • BlockSize : The number of bytes to read before waiting on the data consumer. The default value is 4 MB.
  • RequestSize : The number of bytes to try to read in a single HTTP request to the server. The default value is 4 MB.
  • ConcurrentRequests : The ConcurrentRequests option supports faster download of data by specifying the number of requests to be made in parallel, at the cost of memory utilization. The memory required is (ConcurrentRequest * RequestSize). The default value is 16.

Category​

Accessing data