Azure SDK for Go and Azure REST API examples

This document details how to create credentials to use when making Azure REST API calls or when using the Azure SDK for Go.

I created this gist because my Golang app was returning empty results and when using the REST API I would see this error message:

{
    "error": {
        "code": "AuthorizationFailed",
        "message": "The client '3c470957-xxxxxx' with object id '3c470957-xxxxxx' does not have authorization to perform action 'Microsoft.Resources/resources/read' over scope '/subscriptions/3dcd5fea-zzzzzz' or the scope is invalid. If access was recently granted, please refresh your credentials."
    }
}

Install the Azure CLI

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli

Verify you are logged into the CLI

If you're logged into the Azure CLI, you should be able to list resources using the command az resource list. If not, use the command az login to login. Use the command az account show to verify that you're logged in, then run az resource list again.

Generating credentials

Find the Subscription ID you want to work by running az account subscription list or using the Azure Portal.
Create a service principal with the Reader role and scope it to the subscription you want to work with. You can use which ever Role you wish. I just used Reader as an example.

az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "ReaderRoleForMyApp" --role Reader --scopes "/subscriptions/3dcd5fea-ef32-492a-929xxxxxxxxxx"

Output:

{
  "appId": "bddc71dd-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "displayName": "ReaderRoleForMyApp",
  "password": "hRgY3108wvQGBJxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "tenant": "057bdeef-df61-4308-9624xxxxxxxxxxx"
}

Update the SDK or REST API Client to use the service principal credentials.

appId == Client ID
password == Client Secret

Example Golang App to find all resources

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/arm"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/policy"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/resources/armresources"
)

// Set the `AZURE_SDK_GO_LOGGING` environment variable to `all` to see the raw HTTP requests and responses.
// Example: `export AZURE_SDK_GO_LOGGING=all`
func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	tenantId := "057bdeef-df61-4308-9624xxxxxxxxxxx"
	clientId := "bddc71dd-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
	clientSecret := "hRgY3108wvQGBJxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
	subscriptionId := "3dcd5fea-ef32-492a-929xxxxxxxx"

	cred, err := azidentity.NewClientSecretCredential(tenantId, clientId, clientSecret, nil)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("Error creating credential: %v\n", err)
	}

	client2, err := armresources.NewClient(subscriptionId, cred,
		&arm.ClientOptions{
			ClientOptions: policy.ClientOptions{
				Logging: policy.LogOptions{
					// include HTTP body for log
					IncludeBody: true,
				},
			},
		},
	)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("Error creating client: %v\n", err)
	}

	fmt.Println("ITEMS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////")
	pager := client2.NewListPager(nil)
	for pager.More() {
		page, err := pager.NextPage(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Printf("Error getting next page: %v\n", err)
		}

		for _, item := range page.Value {
			fmt.Println("ITEM ID: ", *item.ID)
			fmt.Println(*item.ID)
		}
	}
}

Example Azure REST API request to find all resources

The example uses Postman and sends 2 requests. The first request responds with an access_token. The second request uses the access_token as an Authorization Bearer Token for authenticating and calling the resources endpoint.

1) Get Access Token

The GET request url should be https://login.microsoftonline.com/{{SUBSCRIPTION_ID}}/oauth2/token
Click on the Body tab, select the x-www-form-urlencoded radio button and fill in the KEY/VALUE pairs.
Click on Send to send the request and receive the access_token

2) Get Resources

The GET request url should be https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{{SUBSCRIPTION_ID}}/resources?api-version=2022-05-01
Click on the Authorization tab, choose the Bearer Token type, fill in the Token with the access_token received above.
Click on Send to send the request and see the results.

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