I am following this tutorial, about manipulating blobs:
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/php/how-to-guides/blob-service/
It isn't clear on the following things:
1) How to set up a connection, in the example it uses this line of code:
For accessing a live service:
require_once 'vendor\autoload.php';
use WindowsAzure\Common\ServicesBuilder; use WindowsAzure\Blob\Models\CreateContainerOptions; use WindowsAzure\Blob\Models\PublicAccessType; use WindowsAzure\Common\ServiceException;
// Create blob REST proxy. $blobRestProxy = ServicesBuilder::getInstance()->createBlobService($connectionString)
How do I set up the connection string? - what credentials will I need to access blob storage.
Given that I have my Microsoft account details too.
2) How would you create a new storage account
When you log into your portal, a key/account is set up for you. How do you create a new one via php
Thanks
In that tutorial you referenced, the connection string format is shown near the top of the article:
DefaultEndpointsProtocol=[http|https];AccountName=[yourAccount];AccountKey=[yourKey]
Now you need to create a storage account within the portal. Each storage account has a name (yourAccount
) and a key (yourKey
). Once you create a storage account via the portal, you'll see it listed. for instance, I created dmakhome
for this example:
Click on its name, which opens the Dashboard view for that storage account:
At the very bottom of the screen, in the black bottom border, you'll see an icon, Manage Keys. Click that, and you'll then see both a primary and a secondary key (you can grab either one):
Copy the key to the clipboard, and create a $connectionString of the format above, substituting your storage account name and newly-copied key.
<?php
require_once 'vendor\autoload.php';
use WindowsAzure\Common\ServicesBuilder;
use WindowsAzure\Common\ServiceException;
use WindowsAzure\Table\Models\Entity;
use WindowsAzure\Table\Models\EdmType;
$connectionString = 'DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=NAME;AccountKey=KEY';
$tableRestProxy = ServicesBuilder::getInstance()->createTableService($connectionString);
//Than try to create table or blob
try {
$tableRestProxy->createTable('newtasks');
}
catch(ServiceException $e){
$code = $e->getCode();
$error_message = $e->getMessage();
echo $code.": ".$error_message."<br />";
}