[QUERY] CloudStorageAccount equivalent in Storage v12

[SeanFeldman]

Query/Question

With Storage v11 there was a CloudStorageAccount type that could be constructed by parsing a connection string, SAS Uri, or taking an instance of StorageCredentials. In addition to that, CloudStorageAccount would be able to return a StorageCredentials object, allowing a common way of generating storage credentials from one of the provided options above.

With v12 this doesn't seem to be possible anymore. What the equivalent and where can I find some examples?

Environment:

• Name and version of the Library package used: [e.g. Azure.Storage.Blobs 12.2.0]
• Hosting platform or OS and .NET runtime version (dotnet --info output for .NET Core projects): [e.g. Azure AppService or Windows 10 .NET Framework 4.8]
• IDE and version : [e.g. Visual Studio 16.3]

[ghost]

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @xgithubtriage.

[seanmcc-msft]

V12 doesn't have the equivalent of a CloudStorageAccount.

Here's our authentication samples for blob - https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/blob/master/sdk/storage/Azure.Storage.Blobs/samples/Sample02_Auth.cs

[SeanFeldman]

@seanmcc-msft, thank you. The issue is not how to authenticate but how to get the parts from the authentication information. For example, CloudStorageAccount had a BlobEndpoint property. What would be the way to get this information in v12?

[seanmcc-msft]

BlobServiceClient.Uri is probably the closes equivalent. It will give you your primary blob endpoint.

[SeanFeldman]

The transition from v11 to v12 is a very poor experience 🙁
I realize it's not always possible to obsolete with errors, things should be documented and a migration guide created to answer these sorts of questions.

Thank you for your help, @seanmcc-msft.

[amishra-dev]

Thanks for the feedback @SeanFeldman. We are working on the migration guide.

[tonygomez]

I was looking for the parse method found on CloudStorageAccount

use case:
I have a connection string to up/download files
I need the account name and key to create a sas token

I now need three app setting properties? connection string, account name, and key? Yes, I could create my own connection string build or parser but it would be nice to have this util in the sdk. Maybe I am missing something in in the api?

[denniselit]

I was looking for the parse method found on CloudStorageAccount

use case:
I have a connection string to up/download files
I need the account name and key to create a sas token

I now need three app setting properties? connection string, account name, and key? Yes, I could create my own connection string build or parser but it would be nice to have this util in the sdk. Maybe I am missing something in in the api?

Could someone answer this? @SeanFeldman you maybe?

[SeanFeldman]

Sorry mate, I have given up on this one. @azure-sdk has decided to enforce the model where the user code has to decide what authentication mode is used and call the appropriate API, unlike the approach taken with CloudStorageAccount in the past.

[RobertoPrevato]

I resigned to using a simple regular expression to obtain account key and name from the connection string, example:

try
{
    var matches = Regex.Matches(connectionString, @"([^=]+)=([^\;]+);?");
    var parts = matches.ToDictionary(value => value.Groups[1].ToString(), value => value.Groups[2].ToString());

    var key = parts["AccountKey"];
    var name = parts["AccountName"];
}
catch (KeyNotFoundException)
{
    throw new ArgumentException("Invalid connection string");
}

[kzu]

I just brought it back and now everything is 💯 : https://www.nuget.org/packages/Devlooped.CloudStorageAccount