sign_request function

Signs a request to the storage REST endpoint with a shared key

sign_request(endpoint, ...)

Arguments

• endpoint: An endpoint object.
• ...: Further arguments to pass to individual methods.

Returns

A named list of request headers. One of these should be the Authorization header containing the request signature.

Details

This is a generic method to allow for variations in how the different storage services handle key authorisation. The default method works with blob, file and ADLSgen2 storage.