title: Azure Functions and temporary File Storage
body: <p>I'm a beginner and have never dealt with cloud-based solutions yet before, so apologies for the dumb question.</p>
  <p>I have an Azure Blob Storage containing PDF files from which I want to extract data using PDFBox. Because PDFbox can't load blobs directly, I currently download these files locally first. However, eventually my project will need to become fully Cloud-based, preferably as an Azure Function.</p>
  <p>The main hurdle therefore is figuring out how my Azure Function should access the files. When using the console inside my Azure Function I noticed it comes with a file storage. Can the Function download blobs and store them here before processing it? Does this file storage work the same as a local environment or are there differences to keep in mind?</p>
  <p>I'm only looking to store files temporarily here, for only a few minutes at a time.</p>