| Backblaze B2 Storage Driver Documentation |
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| `Backblaze`_ is an online backup tool that allows Windows and Mac OS X users to |
| back up their data to an offsite data center. |
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| `Backblaze B2`_ is their cloud object storage offering similar to Amazon S3 and |
| other object storage services. |
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| .. figure:: /_static/images/provider_logos/backblaze.png |
| :align: center |
| :width: 300 |
| :target: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html |
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| Keep in mind that the service is currently in public beta and only users who |
| have signed up and received beta access can use it. To sign up for the beta |
| access, visit their website mentioned above. |
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| Instantiating a driver |
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| To instantiate the driver you need to pass your account id and application key |
| to the driver constructor as shown below. |
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| To access the account id, once we have admitted you into the beta you can login |
| to https://secure.backblaze.com/user_signin.htm, then click "buckets" and |
| "show account id and application key". |
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| .. literalinclude:: /examples/storage/backblaze_b2/instantiate.py |
| :language: python |
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| API Docs |
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| .. autoclass:: libcloud.storage.drivers.backblaze_b2.BackblazeB2StorageDriver |
| :members: |
| :inherited-members: |
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| .. _`Backblaze`: https://www.backblaze.com/ |
| .. _`Backblaze B2`: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html |