# DownloadFiles Required Frends version: 5.5+ Required .NET version: 6.0 Compatible Agents: Crossplatform Source code: {% tabs %} {% tab title="Parameter: Source" %} | Name | Description | | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ConnectionMethod : `ConnectionMethod` |

Which connection method should be used for connecting to Azure Data Lake.

Possible values:

Which connection method should be used for connecting to Azure Data Lake.

Which connection method should be used for connecting to Azure Data Lake.


Default: 1
Example: ConnectionMethod.ConnectionString

| | 🗝ConnectionString : `String` |

Connection string to Azure Data Lake.


Default: -
Example: DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=accountname;AccountKey=Pdlrxyz==;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net

| | StorageAccountName : `String` |

Name of the Azure Data Lake account.


Default: -
Example: storageexample

| | ApplicationID : `String` |

Application (Client) ID of Azure AD Application.


Default: -
Example: Y6b1hf2a-80e2-xyz2-qwer3h-3a7c3a8as4b7f

| | TenantID : `String` |

Tenant ID of Azure Tenant.


Default: -
Example: Y6b1hf2a-80e2-xyz2-qwer3h-3a7c3a8as4b7f

| | 🗝ClientSecret : `String` |

Client Secret of Azure AD Application.


Default: -
Example: Password!

| | ContainerName : `String` |

Name of the Azure Data Lake container where the data will be uploaded.

Naming: lowercase

Valid chars: alphanumeric and dash, but cannot start or end with dash.


Default: test-container
Example: test-container

| | FilePattern : `String` |

Path of file(s) you want to download from DataLake

This parameter can contain a combination of valid literal path and wildcard (\* and ?) characters, but it doesn't support regular expressions


Default: .txt
Example: .txt

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Parameter: Destination" %} | Name | Description | | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Directory : `String` |

Destination directory.


Default: -
Example: c:\temp

| | Overwrite : `Boolean` |

How the existing file will be handled.


Default: False
Example: true

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Parameter: Options" %} | Name | Description | | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ThrowErrorOnFailure : `Boolean` |

True: Throw an exception.

False: Return Result with IsSucces=false and ErrorMessage with description of exception.


Default: True
Example: true

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Result: Result" %} | Name | Description | | --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | IsSuccess : `Boolean` |

Operation complete. Operation is seens as completed if all desired files was downloaded.
Example: true

| | DownladedFiles : `Dictionary` |

This object contains the source file URL as a key and the path of the downloaded file as a value. If overwrite is disabled, error message will be placed as a value
Example: { {, c:\temp\examplefile.txt }, { , File examplefile2 already exists. } }

| | ErrorMessage : `String` |

This object contains the error message if task fails.
Example: Container ex does not exist

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Changelog" %} ## Changelog ### \[1.2.0] - 2026-01-15 #### Changed * Updated Azure packages to latest versions: * Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake 12.25.0 * Azure.Identity 1.17.1 ### \[1.1.0] - 2024-08-23 #### Changed * Updated the Azure.Identity package to version 1.12.0. ### \[1.0.0] - 2024-05-17 #### Added * Initial implementation of Frends.AzureDataLake.DownloadFiles. {% endtab %} {% endtabs %}