[Python] How to use an index URL in pip install when both the package and index are stored in...

I have stored both a Python package (mypackage.whl) and an index.html file (listing the package) in an Azure Storage Account (Blob Storage). I want to use pip install with --index-url to install the package directly from Azure Storage. However, pip does not recognize the Azure Storage URL as a valid package index.

My Azure Storage container (mycontainer) contains: https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/index.html https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/mypackage-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

I attempted to install the package using: pip install mypackage --index-url=https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/

But I got the error: ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement mypackage (from versions: none)

Questions:

1. How can I configure the index.html file so that pip recognizes it as a valid package index?
2. Are there alternative ways to host a pip-compatible package index in Azure Storage?

Note that the storage container is public and I do not want to use Azure Artifacts—only Azure Blob Storage as Azure artifacts supports only package uploading.

index.html looks like:



When I click on package 1, it lists all whl files.



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