Azure C++ library: "Invalid streambuf object" - c++

Question

I am trying to download a potentially huge Azure block blob, using the C++ Azure client library. It isn't working because I don't know how to initialize a concurrency::streams::streambuf object with a buffer size. My code looks like this:
// Assume blockBlob has been created correctly.
concurrency::streams::istream blobStream = blockBlob.open_read();
// I don't know how to initialize this streambuf:
concurrency::streams::streambuf<uint8_t> dlStreamBuf;
size_t nBytesReturned = 0, nBytesToRead = 65536;
do {
// This gets the exception "Invalid streambuf object":
concurrency::task<size_t> returnedTask = blobStream.read(dlStreamBuf, nBytesToRead);
nBytesReturned = returnedTask.get();
bytesSoFar += nBytesReturned;
// Process the data in dlStreamBuf here...
} while(nBytesReturned > 0);
blobStream.close();
Note that the above streambuf is not to be confused with a standard C++ streambuf.
Can anyone advise me on how to properly construct and initialize a concurrency::streams::streambuf?
Thanks.

Answer 1

streambuf seems to be a template class. Try this instead:
concurrency::streams::container_buffer<std::vector<uint8_t>> output_buffer;
size_t nBytesReturned = 0, nBytesToRead = 65536;
do {
// This gets the exception "Invalid streambuf object":
concurrency::task<size_t> returnedTask = stream.read(output_buffer, nBytesToRead);
nBytesReturned = returnedTask.get();
bytesSoFar += nBytesReturned;
// Process the data in dlStreamBuf here...
} while (nBytesReturned > 0);
stream.close();
Sample code is here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-cpp/blob/76cb553249ede1e6f05456d936c9a36753cc1597/Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage/tests/blob_streams_test.cpp#L192

Answer 2

I haven't used the stream methods for C++, but there are two ways mentioned in the C++ documentation about downloading to files or to steams here
The download_to_stream method ex:
// Retrieve storage account from connection string.
azure::storage::cloud_storage_account storage_account = azure::storage::cloud_storage_account::parse(storage_connection_string);
// Create the blob client.
azure::storage::cloud_blob_client blob_client = storage_account.create_cloud_blob_client();
// Retrieve a reference to a previously created container.
azure::storage::cloud_blob_container container = blob_client.get_container_reference(U("my-sample-container"));
// Retrieve reference to a blob named "my-blob-1".
azure::storage::cloud_block_blob blockBlob = container.get_block_blob_reference(U("my-blob-1"));
// Save blob contents to a file.
concurrency::streams::container_buffer<std::vector<uint8_t>> buffer;
concurrency::streams::ostream output_stream(buffer);
blockBlob.download_to_stream(output_stream);
std::ofstream outfile("DownloadBlobFile.txt", std::ofstream::binary);
std::vector<unsigned char>& data = buffer.collection();
outfile.write((char *)&data[0], buffer.size());
outfile.close();
Alternative, using download_to_file:
// Retrieve storage account from connection string.
azure::storage::cloud_storage_account storage_account = azure::storage::cloud_storage_account::parse(storage_connection_string);
// Create the blob client.
azure::storage::cloud_blob_client blob_client = storage_account.create_cloud_blob_client();
// Retrieve a reference to a previously created container.
azure::storage::cloud_blob_container container = blob_client.get_container_reference(U("my-sample-container"));
// Retrieve reference to a blob named "my-blob-2".
azure::storage::cloud_block_blob text_blob = container.get_block_blob_reference(U("my-blob-2"));
// Download the contents of a blog as a text string.
utility::string_t text = text_blob.download_text();