Remember to set the Content Type when using Static website hosting for Azure Storage

Currently I’m playing around with the new Static website hosting for Azure Storage feature which has recently been launched in public preview. This allows you to serve static web content (HTML, CSS, JS, images) directly from a dedicated blob directory inside Azure Storage without setting up any kind of web app or proxy function.

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Richtiger Content Type bei statischen Websites in Azure Storage

Aktuell experimentiere ich mit dem neuen Static website hosting for Azure Storage Feature, welches seit kurzem als Public Preview verfügbar ist. Hiermit lässt sich statischer Webcontent (HTML, CSS, JS, Bilder) direkt aus einem speziellen Azure Storage Blob-Verzeichnis aufrufen, ohne dass man hierfür noch irgendwelche Proxies einrichten muss.

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Scraping Websites using Azure WebJobs, Node.js, jQuery, Async.js & gizp

In this post we’ll look at scraping Websites on a regular basis using Azure WebJobs & Node.js (jQuery / cheerio) and returning the data as JSON.

In the example below we’ll each week grab the apps that are on sale as part of the “Red Stripe Deals” in the Windows Store. The resulting app details will be put into a JSON file that can be consumed for example by a mobile app.

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