The document discusses working with Windows Azure from mobile platforms, focusing on client-side applications that utilize Azure for cloud storage and web application access. It details the use of Azure's Blob and Table storage, including how to list, create, and delete containers and entities. Additionally, it highlights toolkits available for various mobile platforms that simplify authentication and requests to Azure services.

1. jakarta, sep 29, 2011
work with Windows Azure
from mobile platforms
Andri Yadi
andri (at) dycode (dot) com
@andri_yadi

2. about me

3. 4 years in a row

4. start my own company & code for food

5. 8 years in mobile development

6. a movie freak

7. the ceo of

8. i won’t talk much about Azure,
but mostly on client side

9. azure?

10. use cloud as storage
(blob + structured data)
access web applications
hosted in azure
receive notifications

11. work with azure from mobile
client apps can be complex

12. scenario 1
table storage
http
blob storage

13. you need to create storage, then
remember the account name & key

14. REST Endpoint:
http://[account].blob.core.windows.net
•List, Create, and Delete Containers
•List, Put, Get, Delete Blobs
blob storage

15. list all blob containers
GET
http://watiosdemo.blob.core.windows.net/?comp=list&include=metadata
x-­‐ms-­‐date:
Thu,
14
Apr
2011
20:30:00
GMT
x-­‐ms-­‐version:
2009-­‐09-­‐19
x-­‐ms-­‐blob-­‐type:
BlockBlob
Authorization:
SharedKey
watiosdemo:[ComputedHash]
blob storage

16. compute hash
AccountKey:
/9seXadQ9HwOpXUO1jKxFN8q…
Request:
GETnnnnnnnnnnnnx-­‐ms-­‐blob-­‐type:BlockBlobnx-­‐ms-­‐
date:Thu,
14
Apr
2011
20:30:00
GMTnx-­‐ms-­‐version:2009-­‐09-­‐19n/
watiosdemo/ncomp:listninclude:metadata
Hash = HMACSHA256(UTF8Encode(Request), Base64Decode(AccountKey))

17. list all blob containers
GET
http://watiosdemo.blob.core.windows.net/?comp=list&include=metadata
x-­‐ms-­‐date:
Thu,
14
Apr
2011
20:30:00
GMT
x-­‐ms-­‐version:
2009-­‐09-­‐19
x-­‐ms-­‐blob-­‐type:
BlockBlob
Authorization:
SharedKey
watiosdemo:[ComputedHash]
<?xml
version="1.0"
encoding="utf-­‐8"?>
<EnumerationResults
AccountName="http://watiosdemo.blob.core.windows.net/">
blob storage
<Prefix>c</Prefix>
<MaxResults>3</MaxResults>
<Containers>
<Container>
<Name>movieposter</Name>
<Url>http://watiosdemo.blob.core.windows.net/movieposter</Url>
<Properties>
<Last-­‐Modified>Sun,
14
Apr
2011
20:09:03
GMT</Last-­‐Modified>
</Properties>
</Container>
</Containers>
....

18. add new image
PUT
http://watiosdemo.blob.core.windows.net/movieposter/poster.jpg
x-­‐ms-­‐date:
Thu,
14
Apr
2011
20:30:00
GMT
x-­‐ms-­‐version:
2009-­‐09-­‐19
x-­‐ms-­‐blob-­‐type:
BlockBlob
Authorization:
SharedKey
watiosdemo:[ComputedHash]
{...binary
representation
of
image...}
blob storage

19. REST Endpoint:
http://[account].table.core.windows.net
•List, Create, and Delete Tables
•List, Put, Get, Delete Table Entities
table storage

20. list all tables
GET
http://watiosdemo.table.core.windows.net/Tables
x-­‐ms-­‐date:
Thu,
14
Apr
2011
20:30:00
GMT
x-­‐ms-­‐version:
2009-­‐09-­‐19
DataServiceVersion:
1.0;NetFx
MaxDataServiceVersion:
2.0;NetFx
Authorization:
SharedKey
watiosdemo:[ComputedHash]
<feed
xml:base="http://iostest.tables.core.windows.net/"
xmlns:d="http://
schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"
xmlns:m="http://
schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"
xmlns="http://
www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<title
type="text">Tables</title>
blob storage
<id>http://watiosdemo.tables.core.windows.net/Tables</id>
<updated>2011-­‐04-­‐04T17:18:54.7062347Z</updated>
<link
rel="self"
title="Tables"
href="Tables"
/>
<entry>
<id>http://watiosdemo.tables.core.windows.net/Tables(‘movie')</id>
<title
type="text"></title>
<updated>2009-­‐01-­‐04T17:18:54.7062347Z</updated>
<author>
<name
/>
</author>
....

21. it’s hard, right?
luckily...

22. there’re toolkits for popular
mobile platforms
iOS toolkit
android
toolkit
wp7 toolkit

23. windows azure toolkit
for windows phone 7
encapsulates authentication
(directly or through proxy)
requests & responses abstraction
for cloud storage & SQL Azure
supports both Apple push
notification & MS push notification
source code is available at:
https://watwp.codeplex.com
latest version 1.3.0, sep 30, 2011

24. windows azure toolkit
for iOS
encapsulates authentication
(directly or through proxy)
requests & responses abstraction
for cloud storage
supports Apple push notification
source code is available at:
https://github.com/microsoft-dpe/wa-toolkit-ios
latest version 1.2.1, aug 31, 2011

25. windows azure toolkit
for android
encapsulates authentication
(directly or through proxy)
requests & responses abstraction
for cloud storage
source code is available at:
https://github.com/microsoft-dpe/wa-toolkit-android
latest version 0.8, aug 31, 2011

26. demo

28. we do apps for all mobile platforms

29. our mobile apps portfolios

30. our mobile apps portfolios