Make an HTTP request to a URL and port. The following URL, for example, is used to retrieve a list of containers held in Azure storage:

http://127.0.0.1:10000/devstoreaccount1/devstoreaccount1?comp=list

Set a number of headers in the request.

Set the HTTP verb of the request to describe what you are doing (e.g., GET, PUT).

Calculate a hash of the headers you added and a hidden key. This ensures no one can modify the request and allows Azure storage to authenticate you.

Azure storage will then return your results as XML.

Add the following using directive:

using System.Net;

Add the following code to the Main() method. This code constructs an HTTP request and sends it to Azure local storage to list containers:

//Gets a list of containers
            string AccountName = "devstoreaccount1";
            string AccountSharedKey = "<YOUR_SHARED_KEY";
            string Address = "http://127.0.0.1";
            string Port = "10000";

            //Action to perform e.g. ?comp=list
            string QueryString="?comp=list";

            string uri = Address + ":" + Port + "/" + AccountName + QueryString;
            string MessageSignature = "";

            //Build Request
            HttpWebRequest Request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(uri);
            Request.Method = "GET";
            Request.ContentLength = 0;
            Request.Headers.Add("x-ms-date", DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("R"));

//Create signaure of message contents
            MessageSignature+="GET
"; //Verb
            MessageSignature+="
"; //MD5 (not used)
            MessageSignature+="
"; //Content-Type
            MessageSignature+="
"; //Date optional if using x-ms-date header
            MessageSignature += "x-ms-date:" + Request.Headers["x-ms-date"] + "
"; //Date
            MessageSignature+="/"+AccountName+"/"+AccountName+QueryString; //resource

            //Encode signature using HMAC-SHA256
            byte[] SignatureBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(MessageSignature);

            System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256 SHA256 =
              new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256(
                Convert.FromBase64String(AccountSharedKey)
              );

            // Now build the Authorization header
            String AuthorizationHeader =  "SharedKey " + AccountName + ":"
              + Convert.ToBase64String(SHA256.ComputeHash(SignatureBytes));

            // And add the Authorization header to the request
            Request.Headers.Add("Authorization", AuthorizationHeader);

            //Get response
            HttpWebResponse Response = (HttpWebResponse) Request.GetResponse();

            using (System.IO.StreamReader sr =
              new System.IO.StreamReader(Response.GetResponseStream()))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadToEnd());
            }
            Console.ReadKey();

Press F5 to run your application.