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jagdipa
jagdipa

Reputation: 540

Access Azure Storage Configuration Setting from class library

I have a Azure project which uses the Azure Storage. The connection string for the Azure Storage is saved in the Configuration Settings for the Azure Project.

Now I have created a class library. I want to be able to load the connection string in the class library. What is the best way of doing this?

For example, do I put the connection string in the app.config for the class library? If so, will the Azure project override this automatically when I run the solution?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 216

Answers (2)

jagdipa
jagdipa

Reputation: 540

RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue("") is what I was looking for.

Upvotes: 0

David Braverman
David Braverman

Reputation: 311

You may be looking for Microsoft.WindowsAzure.CloudConfigurationManager. The GetSetting method attempts to pull the setting from the Cloud configuration, but if the role isn't available (for instance because you're in a unit test), it reads from the <AppSettings> element inside your app.config or web.config file.

Here's the basic syntax:

using Microsoft.WindowsAzure;

...

var settingValue = CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("SettingKey");

MSDN[1] says the syntax is deprecated with the release of Storage 3.0, but the class and method aren't attributed as such, so the documentation may just have a bit of copy pasta in it.

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/microsoft.windowsazure.cloudconfigurationmanager.aspx

Upvotes: 0

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