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Generally Available: Azure Storage Node Client Library
First previewed at Build 2016, this GA version comes with a number of samples for getting started with building Node.js apps that can take full advantage of Azure Blob, File, Table and Queue storage.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/21/2016
Microsoft's Azure team made Azure Storage Node Client Library generally available today, a Node.js package that streamlines the process for consuming and managing the company's Azure Storage Services. A preview of Azure Storage Client Library (along with a preview for a Python version) was released at Build 2016.
According to a blog post from Dinesh Murthy, a principal program manager with the Azure Storage team, announcing it, the GA release has support for the following:
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Account SAS (Shared Access Signature) and IP ACL
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File metrics
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TypeScript
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AppendBlob
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getMessage/peekMessage API for queues
Murthy also notes that those wanting to get started working with it can use the samples in the Azure Storage , with samples for working with various Azure Storage types (Blob, File, Table, and Queue), and there's also a sample demo that shows how to build a Web application that uses Blob storage that follows CORS rules.
Azure Storage Node Client Library is one of several libraries the team has developed support for; there's currently one for .NET and Java, and there are various versions to support iOS, Android, Python, Ruby on Rails, and PHP in the works that can be found on GitHub.
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