Microsoft Azure SDK for Python

This project provides a set of Python packages that make it easy to access Management (Virtual Machines, ...) or Runtime (ServiceBus using HTTP, Batch, Monitor) components of Microsoft Azure Complete feature list of this repo and where to find Python packages not in this repo can be found on our Azure SDK for Python features chapter on ReadTheDocs.

The SDK supports Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

If you're currently using the azure package < 1.0 then please read important information in this issue.

INSTALLATION

You can install each Azure service's library individually:

$ pip install azure-batch          # Install the latest Batch runtime library
$ pip install azure-mgmt-storage   # Install the latest Storage management library

Preview packages can be installed using the --pre flag:

$ pip install --pre azure-mgmt-compute # will install only the latest Compute Management library

You can also install a set of Azure libraries in a single line using the azure meta-package.

$ pip install azure

We publish a preview version of this package, which you can access using the --pre flag:

$ pip install --pre azure

The full list of available packages and their latest version can be found on our documentation on docs.microsoft.com

If you want to install all packages of the repo from source:

git clone git://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python.git
cd azure-sdk-for-python
python setup.py install

Usage

For detailed documentation, please view our documentation on docs.microsoft.com. However, we are migrating content from our documentation on ReadTheDocs and you might still find useful information there.

For further samples please visit the Azure Samples website.

Tests

For detailed documentation about our test framework, please visit this Azure SDK test tutorial.

Need Help?

Be sure to check out the Microsoft Azure Developer Forums on Stack Overflow if you have trouble with the provided code. Most questions are tagged azure and python.

Contribute Code or Provide Feedback

If you would like to become an active contributor to this project please follow the instructions provided in Microsoft Azure Projects Contribution Guidelines.

If you encounter any bugs with the library please file an issue in the Issues section of the project.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

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