azure-storage-common
Microsoft Azure Storage Common Client Library for Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No, not for new projects. This package is dormant (last release August 2019) and is a shared dependency of older Azure Storage SDK versions. For new work, install the service-specific packages you need directly—they will pull in azure-storage-common as a transitive dependency if required. If you are maintaining legacy code that explicitly depends on it, install it only as needed to satisfy those older packages.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires an Azure Storage account with valid credentials (account name and key or connection string).
- This is a shared library; you typically install service-specific packages instead of using it directly.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT License (permissive) — MIT License (permissive). You may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects, with only the requirement to include the license notice.
last release 2019-08-02 (2569 days) · last repo commit 2024-08-09 · 344 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 11,309,516 downloads/mo, #1,400 on PyPI
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pip install azure-storage-common
from azure.storage.common import CloudStorageAccount
account = CloudStorageAccount(account_name='name', account_key='key')- Whether this package is still actively maintained or has been superseded by newer Azure SDK versions.
- Current compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.7, given the dormant maintenance status since 2019.
- Whether direct use of this package is recommended or if it should only be installed as a transitive dependency.
What it is and what it does
azure-storage-common is a shared foundation library for Microsoft Azure Storage client packages. It provides common code—authentication, request signing, retry logic, and utility functions—used by service-specific packages for blob, queue, and file storage. The package itself is not typically imported directly by end users; instead, it is a dependency of other Azure Storage packages.
The package depends on cryptography, requests, python-dateutil, and azure-common to handle secure communication, HTTP operations, date handling, and Azure SDK conventions. It supports Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 according to its classifiers. Because its last release was in August 2019 and no updates have been published since, it is considered dormant.
Use it for
- Dependency resolution when installing azure-storage-blob, azure-storage-queue, or azure-storage-file packages that require shared common code.
- Legacy projects using pre-2019 Azure Storage SDK versions that cannot migrate to newer releases.
- Understanding or debugging authentication and request-signing logic in older Azure Storage client implementations.
Worth the install?
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No, not for new projects.
This package is dormant (last release August 2019) and is a shared dependency of older Azure Storage SDK versions. For new work, install the service-specific packages you need directly—they will pull in azure-storage-common as a transitive dependency if required. If you are maintaining legacy code that explicitly depends on it, install it only as needed to satisfy those older packages.
Install
azure-storage-common on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Maintenance is dormant: last release was 2019-08-02, though the repository remains active with a recent commit on 2024-08-09. This is a foundational package; check whether the service-specific packages you actually need have more recent updates.
Requires an Azure Storage account with valid credentials (account name and key or connection string). This is a shared library; you typically install service-specific packages instead of using it directly.
License in practice
MIT License (permissive). You may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects, with only the requirement to include the license notice.
Quickstart
pip install azure-storage-common
from azure.storage.common import CloudStorageAccount
account = CloudStorageAccount(account_name='name', account_key='key')Verify before relying
- Whether this package is still actively maintained or has been superseded by newer Azure SDK versions.
- Current compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.7, given the dormant maintenance status since 2019.
- Whether direct use of this package is recommended or if it should only be installed as a transitive dependency.
Package facts
| License | MIT License permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesazure-commoncryptographypython-dateutilrequestsazure-storage-nspkg |
| Maintenance | Dormant 2,569 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 11,309,516 / month, #1,400 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7 |
Evidence: azure_storage_common-2.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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