Announcing the new Azure SDK for JavaScript

We are excited to announce that we are building a new Azure SDK for JavaScript in a new GitHub repo located here: https://github.com/azure/azure-sdk-for-js. These packages ship with TypeScript type definitions and have both Node.js and Browser support.

Below are key points regarding deprecation of the packages in this repo and migration to the new packages

• All of the management plane SDKs (azure-arm-*) and most of the data plane SDKs (azure-*), along with the rollup package azure in this repository, have been deprecated as of July, 2019. They have been replaced by the Azure SDK for JavaScript packages.
• All of the management plane SDKs for the V1 Azure API (Azure Service Management) azure-asm-* will continue to be maintained from the Azure SDK for Node.js repository. We expect customers using these packages to move to Azure Resource Manager API packages at their earliest convenience.
• To migrate your code from Azure SDK for Node.js to the new Azure SDK for JavaScript, first identify the counterparts in the new SDK and then read our Migration from Node.js packages (azure-sdk-for-node) to JavaScript packages (azure-sdk-for-js) article.

Azure SDK for Node.js

NOTE: This repo is being deprecated. All future JavaScript SDKs are moving to Azure SDK for JavaScript. Please see the note above for more information.

This project provides Node.js packages that makes it easy to consume and manage Microsoft Azure Services.

If you are new to Azure and Node.js, see Azure for Node.js developers.

For documentation specific to the Azure SDK Node.js packages, see the Azure Node SDK Reference.

Component	Build Status
Management Libraries
Client Libraries

Usage

To install an individual Node.js package, look up the package name and use npm to install it into your project.

For example to install the Storage package, you would run:

$ npm install azure-storage

Supported services

This SDK has support for:

• Azure services
  • These are packages with the naming convention of azure-<servicename>.
  • In the new Azure SDK for JS, the counterparts will have the naming convention of @azure/<servicename>
• ARM services
  • These are packages with the naming convention of azure-arm-*
  • In the new Azure SDK for JS, the counterparts will have the naming convention of @azure/arm-*
• Legacy ASM services
  • These are packages with the naming convention of azure-asm-*
  • In the new Azure SDK for JS, there are no counterparts to these packages. Please use the ARM services via packages with the naming convention of @azure/arm-*
• The roll up package azure
  • Installing this package will result in installing all the packages in this SDK including the helper modules like ms-rest-azure.
  • In the new Azure SDK for JS, there is no counterpart to this. You are encouraged to install only the packages you need.

Documentation

Documentation of the supported SDKs can be found at two places:

• https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-node - This website primarily provides SDK documentation for
  • ASM based services (azure-asm-*)
  • Older data plane SDKs like azure-sb, azure-scheduler, azure-storage-legacy, azure-monitoring, etc.
  • Runtime SDKs like ms-rest, ms-rest-azure, azure-common
• https://aka.ms/azure-node-sdk - This website primarily provides SDK documentation for
  • ARM based services (azure-arm-*)
  • Newer data plane SDKs like azure-batch, azure-graph, etc.

Authenticating

There are three ways to authenticate against Azure while using the management plane (azure-arm-*) SDKs and the azure-graph SDK, use this guide to determine which method to use.

Azure service modules

Package	Description	Documentation
azure-gallery	Access to the Azure Marketplace	azure-gallery package
azure-graph	Access to Azure Active Directory	Azure Active Directory modules
azure-keyvault	Integrate with Key Vault	Azure Key Vault modules
azure-monitoring	Azure Monitoring	azure-monitoring package
azure-scheduler	Create jobs with Azure Scheduler	Azure Scheduler modules
azure-servicefabric	Azure Service Fabric	Azure Service Fabric modules
azure-sb	Service Bus	Azure Service Bus modules
azure-storage	Storage	Azure Storage modules
azure-batch	Azure Batch processing	azure-batch package

Note: If there is a Microsoft Azure service that doesn't have a package yet, open an issue so that we may prioritize it in the backlog.

Azure Resource Management (ARM)

Service	Install Command
Advisor	npm install azure-arm-advisor
API Management	npm install azure-arm-apimanagement
App Insights	npm install azure-arm-appinsights
Automation	npm install azure-arm-automation
Authorization	npm install azure-arm-authorization
Batch	npm install azure-arm-batch
Batch AI	npm install azure-arm-batchai
Billing	npm install azure-arm-billing
CDN	npm install azure-arm-cdn
CognitiveServices	npm install azure-arm-cognitiveservices
ContainerInstance	npm install azure-arm-containerinstance
CosmosDB	npm install azure-arm-cosmosdb
Commerce/Usage	npm install azure-arm-commerce
Container Registry	npm install azure-arm-containerregistry
CustomerInsights	npm install azure-arm-customerinsights
Compute	npm install azure-arm-compute
Datafactory	npm install azure-arm-datafactory
Data Lake Analytics	npm install azure-arm-datalake-analytics
Data Lake Store	npm install azure-arm-datalake-store
DevTest Labs	npm install azure-arm-devtestlabs
DNS	npm install azure-arm-dns
DomainServices	npm install azure-arm-domainservices
EventGrid	npm install azure-arm-eventgrid
EventHubs	npm install azure-arm-eventhub
HDInsight	npm install azure-arm-hdinsight
HDInsightJobs	npm install azure-arm-hdinsight-jobs
Insights	npm install azure-arm-insights
IotHub	npm install azure-arm-iothub
Key Vault	npm install azure-arm-keyvault
Logic Apps	npm install azure-arm-logic
Machine Learning	npm install azure-arm-machinelearning
Machine Learning Compute	npm install azure-arm-machinelearningcompute
Media Services	npm install azure-arm-mediaservices
Mobile Engagement	npm install azure-arm-mobileengagement
Monitor Management	npm install azure-arm-monitor
Notification Hubs	npm install azure-arm-notificationhubs
Operations Management	npm install azure-arm-operations
Operational Insights	npm install azure-arm-operationalinsights
PowerBi Embedded	npm install azure-arm-powerbiembedded
RecoveryServices	npm install azure-arm-recoveryservices
RecoveryServices Backup	npm install azure-arm-recoveryservicesbackup
RecoveryServices SiteRecovery	npm install azure-arm-recoveryservices-siterecovery
Redis Cache	npm install azure-arm-rediscache
Relay	npm install azure-arm-relay
Resource Health	npm install azure-arm-resourcehealth
Resource Manager	npm install azure-arm-resource
Scheduler	npm install azure-arm-scheduler
Search	npm install azure-arm-search
ServerManagement	npm install azure-arm-servermanagement
Servicebus	npm install azure-arm-sb
Service Fabric	npm install azure-arm-servicefabric
Storage	npm install azure-arm-storage
Storage Import-Export	npm install azure-arm-storageimportexport
StorSimple 8000 series	npm install azure-arm-storsimple8000series
Stream Analytics	npm install azure-arm-streamanalytics
SQL	npm install azure-arm-sql
Traffic Manager	npm install azure-arm-trafficmanager
Virtual Networks	npm install azure-arm-network
Visual Studio	npm install azure-arm-visualstudio
WebApps (WebSites)	npm install azure-arm-website

Azure Service Management (ASM)

Service	Install Command
Compute	npm install azure-asm-compute
HDInsight	npm install azure-asm-hdinsight
Service Bus	npm install azure-asm-sb
Service Manager	npm install azure-asm-mgmt
Store	npm install azure-asm-store
Scheduler	npm install azure-asm-scheduler
SQL Database	npm install azure-asm-sql
Storage	npm install azure-asm-storage
Subscriptions	npm install azure-asm-subscription
Traffic Manager	npm install azure-asm-trafficmanager
Virtual Networks	npm install azure-asm-network
WebSites	npm install azure-asm-website

Base Libraries

Library	Install Command
Common Functionality (for ASM & ARM clients)	npm install azure-common
Common Functionality for ARM clients generated from Autorest (Generic)	npm install ms-rest
Common Functionality for ARM clients generated from Autorest (Azure)	npm install ms-rest-azure

Need Help?

• Read the docs
• Open an issue in GitHub
• Microsoft Azure Forums on MSDN and Stack Overflow

Related Projects

• Azure CLI

License

This project is licensed under MIT and Apache-2.0.

• "MIT" license is usually used for the client libraries generated using Autorest that are targeting ARM (V2 version of Azure REST API). The license can be found in "LICENSE.MIT.txt" file in this repository.
• "Apache-2.0" license is usually used for the client libraries generated using an internal code generator that are targeting ASM (V1 version of Azure REST API). The license can be found in "LICENSE.Apache.txt" file in this repository.

Contribute

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.

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

Getting Started Developing

Want to get started hacking on the code, super! Follow the following instructions to get up and running. These instructions expect you have Git and a supported version of Node installed.

1. Fork it
2. Git Clone your fork (git clone {your repo})
3. Move into SDK directory (cd azure-sdk-for-node)
4. Install all dependencies (npm install)
5. Run the tests (npm test). You should see all tests passing.

Contributing Code to the Project

You found something you'd like to change, great! Please submit a pull request and we'll do our best to work with you to get your code included into the project.

1. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
2. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
3. Create new Pull Request