How to Use Windows Azure Mobile Service SDK from Worker Role

Question

Hello,

I had a change to try out Windows Azure Mobile Services. What i want to do is; from a Windows Azure Worker Role, i want to consume Mobile Service classes but there is no way i can access Microsoft.WindowsAzure.MobileServices namespaces. I already installed Windows Azure Mobile Service SDK.

How can i add reference to Windows Azure Mobile Service namespace with in Worker Role.

Answer 1

Hi,

the Windows Azure Mobile Services has s SDK for Windows 8, iOS, and Windows Phone 8, because it is a technology used in frontend technologies and not in another Windows Azure service.
So referencing a namespace will not work in a Windows Azure Worker Role. What you could try is to use the operations offered by thehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj710108.aspx

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Answer 2

Hi,

The current SDK targets Windows 8 applications and iOS clients only. However, the Mobile Services HTTP API is very easy to use and is how most people communicate with a Mobile Service from a web or worker role.

Here is the reference for our REST API: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj710108.aspx

This post should also be useful: http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/using-azure-mobile-services-in-your-web-apps-through-asp-net-web-api/

Josh

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Answer 3

Josh - is the documentation correct for the web service?  Does the Login operation support only 'Live ID' or all the full set of authentication tokens supported?

Answer 4

Hi Joe,

Our REST API documentation hasn't quite caught up yet but we now support facebook, google, twitter and microsoft account (live id).

Josh

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