The Azure Storage API provides programmatic access to private or public files hosted in Azure Storage. A microservice can authenticate with Azure and retrieve videos for customers through a frontend. section 4.4.1
Azure Storage API
The Azure Storage API is the programmatic interface for authenticating with and accessing data in Azure Storage.
How Bootstrapping Microservices, Second Edition: With Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and Terraform covers it
- How deep it goes
- Explains package installation, environment configuration, shared-key authentication, client creation, and retrieval, without detailing API internals.
- Examples
- Demonstrates a private videos container, an uploaded test video, and a Node.js /video retrieval endpoint.
- What it assumes
- Assumes an Azure account and teaches storage-account creation, container setup, credential configuration, and package installation.
- What you can do after
- Build a Node.js microservice that authenticates with Azure Storage and retrieves videos through the @azure/storage-blob package.
- How it connects
- Connects cloud storage, authentication, microservices, frontend access, and alternative storage APIs such as AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage.
Related concepts
- @azure/storage-blobused by · @azure/storage-blob is the npm package that provides JavaScript and Node.js access to Azure Blob Storage.
- Azure Storagepart of · Azure Storage is Microsoft’s cloud storage platform, providing services for storing and accessing data such as blobs, files, queues, tables, and disks.
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