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| Functionality | v1.0.3 Support | Codebase State | Implementation Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Blob Storage | yes | Implemented | BlobUtil |
| Local Filesystem | yes | Implemented | FileUtil |
| Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL API | yes | Implemented | CosmosNoSqlUtil |
| Azure OpenAI | yes | Implemented (1) | OpenAiUtil |
| Azure Cognitive Search | yes | Implemented (2) | CogSearchUtil |
| Azure Cosmos DB Mongo API | no | Not yet implemented | CosmosMongoUtil |
| Azure Cosmos DB PostgreSQL API | no | Not yet implemented | CosmosPgUtil |
| PaaS Service Provisioning | no | NOT Planned | (3) |
Your application package.json file should include the following:
"dependencies": {
"@azure/cosmos": "4.0.0",
"@azure/openai": "^1.0.0-beta.7",
"@azure/storage-blob": "^12.16.0",
"axios": "^1.5.1",
"uuid": "^9.0.1"
"azu-js": "1.0.3"
},
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0.3 | 2023/11/19 | Added PriorityLevel and IC Staleness support to CosmosNoSqlUtil |
| 1.0.2 | 2023/10/29 | Added configurable class AzuLogger, optionally uses winston |
| 1.0.1 | 2023/10/21 | Added CosmosNoSqlUtil#patchDocumentAsync |
| 1.0.0 | 2023/10/16 | First GA release with new TypeScript codebase |
| 0.1.x | 2017 | Alpha versions, implemented in JavaScript |
FAQs
Azure Utilities, such as for Cosmos DB, Storage, OpenAI, and Cognitive Search
We found that azu-js demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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