Can MatLabReader use a URL as the file location of the .mat file?

[patrickmcdermo]

I have the following code, which works fine:
String filePath = "C:\MyFolder\MyMatFile.mat";
Matrix m = MatlabReader.Read(filePath);

However when I change filePath to a URL, I get the following error:
String filePath = "https://myproj.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/MyMatFile.mat";
Matrix m = MatlabReader.Read(filePath);

Error: System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported.

[patrickmcdermo]

Here's my code:

using System;
using MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra;
using MathNet.Numerics.Data.Matlab;

namespace TestMatlabAzure
{
class Program
{
// this one works
private const string filePath = "C:\Data\ImportFiles\CMI\Test_20190615\probFile_nn07c_20180316_000000_0.mat";

    // this one doesn't
    //private const string filePath = "https://elpround3.blob.core.windows.net/test0705/probFile_nn07c_20180316_000000_0.mat";

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Reading .mat file....");
        Matrix<double> m = MatlabReader.Read<double>(filePath);
        Console.WriteLine(m.ToString());
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

}

[cdrnet]

While I do understand that this could be convenient, to be honest I don't think a math library should be in the business of opening any network connections. From this point of view, actually even the method accepting a file path (instead of just a stream or reader) was maybe design mistake. Although maybe justifiable due to low risk/effort/complexity - neither of which would be true for networking though.