diff --git a/tools/lib/route.py b/tools/lib/route.py
index b609db071f..55ea956c5f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/route.py
+++ b/tools/lib/route.py
@@ -216,12 +216,20 @@ class RouteName:
   @property
   def dongle_id(self) -> str: return self._dongle_id
 
+  @property
+  def log_id(self) -> str: return self._time_str
+
   @property
   def time_str(self) -> str: return self._time_str
 
+  @property
+  def azure_prefix(self):
+    return f'{self.dongle_id}/{self.log_id}'
+
   def __str__(self) -> str: return self._canonical_name
 
 
+
 class SegmentName:
   # TODO: add constructor that takes dongle_id, time_str, segment_num and then create instances
   # of this class instead of manually constructing a segment name (use canonical_name prop instead)
@@ -246,12 +254,19 @@ class SegmentName:
   @property
   def data_name(self) -> str: return f"{self._route_name.canonical_name}/{self._num}"
 
+  @property
+  def azure_prefix(self):
+    return f'{self.dongle_id}/{self.log_id}/{self._num}'
+
   @property
   def dongle_id(self) -> str: return self._route_name.dongle_id
 
   @property
   def time_str(self) -> str: return self._route_name.time_str
 
+  @property
+  def log_id(self) -> str: return self._route_name.time_str
+
   @property
   def segment_num(self) -> int: return self._num
 
@@ -263,6 +278,29 @@ class SegmentName:
 
   def __str__(self) -> str: return self._canonical_name
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def from_file_name(file_name):
+    # ??????/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|1111-11-11-11--11-11-11/1/rlog.bz2
+    dongle_id, route_name, segment_num = file_name.replace('|','/').split('/')[-4:-1]
+    return SegmentName(dongle_id + "|" + route_name + "--" + segment_num)
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def from_device_key(dongle_id, key):
+    # 2018-05-07--18-56-13--5/rlog.bz2
+    segment_name = key.split('/')[0]
+    return SegmentName(dongle_id + "|" + segment_name)
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def from_file_key(key):
+    # 38c52c217150700f/2018-05-07--18-56-13/5/rlog.bz2
+    az_prefix = '/'.join(key.split('/')[:3])
+    return SegmentName.from_azure_prefix(az_prefix)
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def from_azure_prefix(prefix):
+    # xxxxxxxx/1111-11-11-11--11-11-11/0
+    dongle_id, route_name, segment_num = prefix.split("/")
+    return SegmentName(dongle_id + "|" + route_name + "--" + segment_num)
 
 @cache
 def get_max_seg_number_cached(sr: 'SegmentRange') -> int:
@@ -325,3 +363,4 @@ class SegmentRange:
 
   def __repr__(self) -> str:
     return self.__str__()
+