Learning Azure Storage REST APIs

A set of samples for onboarding to and exploring the Azure Storage Resource Provider REST API.

Prerequisites

Software

• Visual Studio Code
• REST Client

Setup

1. Copy .env.sample.txt and create a new file called .env.

management.azure.com Endpoint

1. Retrieve a bearer token for your Azure account and paste the value in the BEARER_TOKEN environment variable.

   Note: A bearer token can be retrieved through the REST API, the Azure CLI or through Azure PowerShell.

   PowerShell

   $tokenPoSh = ((New-Object Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Common.RMProfileClient([Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Abstractions.AzureRmProfileProvider]::Instance.Profile)).AcquireAccessToken((Gaz account get-access-tokenId)).AccessToken
   Write-Output $tokenPosh

   Bash

   tokenCLI=$(az account get-access-token --query "accessToken" -o tsv)
   echo $tokenCLI

2. Verify you can access your Azure subscription using the token by executing getsubscriptions.http.

3. In the response, find the target subscriptionId and past the value into the SUBSCRIPTION_ID value in your .env file.

4. Populate the remaining values in your .env file, including:

   • LOCATION - Valid location name from listlocations.http
   • RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME - Name for a new resource group that will be created with createresourcegroup.http or the name of an existing resource group
   • STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME - Name for a new storage account created with createstorageaccount.http or the name of an existing storage account
   • CONTAINER_NAME - Name for a new container created with createblobcontainer.http or the name of an existing container

   Note: If you have an existing resource group and storage account you can use those values or you can use the samples in this repository to create the resources

storage.azure.com Endpoint

1. Retrieve a bearer token for the resource https://storage.azure.com and paste the value in the BEARER_STORAGE environment variable.

   Bash

   tokenStorageCLI=$(az account get-access-token --resource=https://storage.azure.com/ --query "accessToken" -o tsv)
   echo $tokenStorageCLI

Samples

• Create a resource group
• Create a storage account
  • Create a blob container
• Get subscriptions
• List locations