Reading PDF file from Azure blob storage

Question

can we read  PDF content  from blob storage by directly  using   the Path name,

ex :https://hostedPath/pdf/mypdfpdf?
language used :c#

Answer 1

URL can passed to the blob only when its access modifier is set to public . 
Example : Embed a html link or image :
<a href="https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/mypdf12.pdf">Press Enter</a>

note :
Blob are private container by default so,change the container permissions during its creation so as to make it public .

Follow the code :

var blobStruser = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
var container = blobStruser.GetContainerReference("pdf");
container.CreateIfNotExist();
var permission = container.GetPermissions();
permission.PublicAccess = BlobContainerPublicAccessType.Container;
container.SetPermissions(permission);

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Answer 2

For pdf reading and manipulating Itextsharp libraby is fine.

For extracting text from pdf see this