Question

while writing application using nodejs/azure and table services, how can we set what type of authorization should be used.
Shared Key Lite (or) Shared Key.

How can we set that?

Answer 1

It depends how you’re accessing Table Services. If you use the SDK you can do it like this:

Shared Key

var sharedKey = = new SharedKeyTable(storageAccount, storageAccessKey, usePathStyleUri);
var tableService = azure.createTableService(null, null, null, sharedKey);

Shared Key Lite

var sharedKeyLite = = new SharedKeyLiteTable(storageAccount, storageAccessKey, usePathStyleUri);
var tableService = azure.createTableService(null, null, null, sharedKeyLite);

Take a look at the code and you’ll see that Shared Key will be used if you omit the authentication provider.

If you use http.request you need to specify the type in the authorization header:

Authorization="[SharedKey|SharedKeyLite] <AccountName>:<Signature>"

So your code will be something like this:

var http = require('http');

function doSomethingWithTables() {
    var settings = {
        host: ...,
        port: 80,
        path: ...,
        headers: {},
        method: 'GET'
    };
    settings.headers['Authorization'] = 'SharedKeyLite myaccount:xxiofojpfzaopfiaz';

    var req = http.request(settings);
    req.write(...);
    req.on('response', function(res){
        ...
    });
}