StorageCredentials.ComputeHmac Method

Storage Client Library NET API

[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See Storage Client Library for the latest version.]

Encodes a Shared Key or Shared Key Lite signature string by using the HMAC-SHA256 algorithm over a canonicalized string-to-sign.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic
Dim instance As StorageCredentials
Dim value As String
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.ComputeHmac(value)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public MustOverride Function ComputeHmac ( _
	value As String _
) As String
C#
public abstract string ComputeHmac (
	string value
)
C++
public:
virtual String^ ComputeHmac (
	String^ value
) abstract
J#
JScript

Parameters

value

Type: System.String

A canonicalized string-to-sign.

Return Value

Type: System.String

An HMAC-encoded signature string.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

See Also