start.py

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import config
import azure.common
from azure.storage import CloudStorageAccount
from table_basic_samples import TableBasicSamples
from table_advanced_samples import TableAdvancedSamples
from tablestorageaccount import TableStorageAccount

print('Azure Table Storage samples for Python')

# Create the storage account object and specify its credentials 
# to either point to the local Emulator or your Azure subscription
if config.IS_EMULATED:
    account = TableStorageAccount(is_emulated=True)
else:
    account_connection_string = config.STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING
	# Split into key=value pairs removing empties, then split the pairs into a dict
    config = dict(s.split('=', 1) for s in account_connection_string.split(';') if s)

    # Authentication
    account_name = config.get('AccountName')
    account_key = config.get('AccountKey')
    # Basic URL Configuration
    endpoint_suffix = config.get('EndpointSuffix')
    if endpoint_suffix == None:
       table_endpoint  = config.get('TableEndpoint')
       table_prefix = '.table.'
       start_index = table_endpoint.find(table_prefix)
       end_index = table_endpoint.endswith(':') and len(table_endpoint) or table_endpoint.rfind(':')
       endpoint_suffix = table_endpoint[start_index+len(table_prefix):end_index]
    account = TableStorageAccount(account_name = account_name, connection_string = account_connection_string, endpoint_suffix=endpoint_suffix)
#Basic Table samples
print ('---------------------------------------------------------------')
print('Azure Storage Table samples')
table_basic_samples = TableBasicSamples()
table_basic_samples.run_all_samples(account)

#Advanced Table samples
print ('---------------------------------------------------------------')
print('Azure Storage Advanced Table samples')
table_advanced_samples = TableAdvancedSamples()
table_advanced_samples.run_all_samples(account)