If using ImageResizer with Azure blobs do I need the AzureReader2 plugin?

Question

I\'m working on a personal project to manage users of my club, it\'s hosted on the free Azure package (for now at least), partly as an experiment to try out Azure. Part of c

Answer 1

With some trepidation, I'm going to disagree with astaykov here. I believe you CAN use ImageResizer with Azure WITHOUT needing AzureReader2. Maybe I should qualify that by saying 'It works on my setup' :)

I'm using ImageResizer in an MVC 3 application. I have a standard Azure account with an images container.

Here's my test code for the view:

@using (Html.BeginForm( "UploadPhoto", "BasicProfile", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
    
    
}

And here's the corresponding code in the Post Action method:

// This action handles the form POST and the upload
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult UploadPhoto(HttpPostedFileBase file)
{
    // Verify that the user selected a file
    if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
    {
        string newGuid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

        CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["StorageConnectionString"]);

        // Create the blob client.
        CloudBlobClient blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();

        // Retrieve reference to a previously created container.
        CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("images");

        // Retrieve reference to the blob we want to create            
        CloudBlockBlob blockBlob = container.GetBlockBlobReference(newGuid + ".jpg");

        // Populate our blob with contents from the uploaded file.
        using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
        {
            ImageResizer.ImageJob i = new ImageResizer.ImageJob(file.InputStream,
                    ms, new ImageResizer.ResizeSettings("width=800;height=600;format=jpg;mode=max"));
            i.Build();

            blockBlob.Properties.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
            ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
            blockBlob.UploadFromStream(ms);
        }
    }

    // redirect back to the index action to show the form once again
    return RedirectToAction("UploadPhoto");
}

This is 'rough and ready' code to test the theory and could certainly stand improvement but, it does work both locally and when deployed on Azure. I can also view the images I've uploaded, which are correctly re-sized.

Hope this helps someone.