How to get a Shared Access Signature on a Blob using the latest Azure SDK .NET API v12?

Sajeetharan's answer made me look for a BlobSasBuilder class, which actually exists.

Here is how I can build one on the server:

//  Creates a client to the BlobService using the connection string.
var blobServiceClient = new BlobServiceClient(storageConnectionString);

//  Gets a reference to the container.
var blobContainerClient = blobServiceClient.GetBlobContainerClient(<ContainerName>);

//  Gets a reference to the blob in the container
BlobClient blobClient = containerClient.GetBlobClient(<BlobName>);

//  Defines the resource being accessed and for how long the access is allowed.
var blobSasBuilder = new BlobSasBuilder
{
    StartsOn = DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(clockSkew), 
    ExpiresOn = DateTime.UtcNow.Add(accessDuration) + clockSkew,
    BlobContainerName = <ContainerName>,
    BlobName = <BlobName>,
};
    
//  Defines the type of permission.
blobSasBuilder.SetPermissions(BlobSasPermissions.Write);
       
//  Builds an instance of StorageSharedKeyCredential      
var storageSharedKeyCredential = new StorageSharedKeyCredential(<AccountName>, <AccountKey>);

//  Builds the Sas URI.
BlobSasQueryParameters sasQueryParameters = blobSasBuilder.ToSasQueryParameters(storageSharedKeyCredential);

Here is how to use it on the client side:

//  Builds the URI to the blob storage.
UriBuilder fullUri = new UriBuilder()
{
    Scheme = "https",
    Host = string.Format("{0}.blob.core.windows.net", <AccountName>),
    Path = string.Format("{0}/{1}", <ContainerName>, <BlobName>),
    Query = sasQueryParameters.ToString()
};

//  Get an instance of BlobClient using the URI.
var blobClient = new BlobClient(fullUri.Uri, null);

//  Upload stuff in the blob.
await blobClient.UploadAsync(stream);

Addendum

As mentioned by @one2012 in the comments, a page has been put up few months later after this answer showcasing all the features found in the Azure.Storage namespaces. The link can be useful to get more information.


After a fair amount of hunting, I have located some Microsoft documentation on this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-user-delegation-sas-create-dotnet

This details using a user delegation key to generate the SAS instead of the account key but the change is just a different overload to .ToSasQueryParameters() as described in other answers.

Some key snippets from the article to hook this up. First create your BlobServiceClient:

// Construct the blob endpoint from the account name.
string blobEndpoint = string.Format("https://{0}.blob.core.windows.net", accountName);

// Create a new Blob service client with Azure AD credentials.
BlobServiceClient blobClient = new BlobServiceClient(new Uri(blobEndpoint),
                                                     new DefaultAzureCredential());

Get the user delegation key, this will be used to generate the SAS:

// Get a user delegation key for the Blob service that's valid for seven days.
// You can use the key to generate any number of shared access signatures over the lifetime of the key.
UserDelegationKey key = await blobClient.GetUserDelegationKeyAsync(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
                                                                   DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(7));

Finally create the SAS URI:

// Create a SAS token that's valid for one hour.
BlobSasBuilder sasBuilder = new BlobSasBuilder()
{
    BlobContainerName = containerName,
    BlobName = blobName,
    Resource = "b",
    StartsOn = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
    ExpiresOn = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddHours(1)
};

// Specify read permissions for the SAS.
sasBuilder.SetPermissions(BlobSasPermissions.Read);

// Use the key to get the SAS token.
string sasToken = sasBuilder.ToSasQueryParameters(key, accountName).ToString();

// Construct the full URI, including the SAS token.
UriBuilder fullUri = new UriBuilder()
{
    Scheme = "https",
    Host = string.Format("{0}.blob.core.windows.net", accountName),
    Path = string.Format("{0}/{1}", containerName, blobName),
    Query = sasToken
};