--- title: Simple API for Cloud Application Services | daily.dev description: Zend, together with IBM, Microsoft, Rackspace, GoGrid and other cloud providers, released the Simple API for Cloud Application Services (Simple Cloud API), an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/simple-api-for-cloud-application-services-tfqtb2bp6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Simple API for Cloud Application Services | daily.dev og:description: Zend, together with IBM, Microsoft, Rackspace, GoGrid and other cloud providers, released the Simple API for Cloud Application Services (Simple Cloud API), an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/simple-api-for-cloud-application-services-tfqtb2bp6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tFQtb2bp6.png og:image:alt: Simple API for Cloud Application Services og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Simple API for Cloud Application Services **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Zend, together with IBM, Microsoft, Rackspace, GoGrid and other cloud providers, released the Simple API for Cloud Application Services (Simple Cloud API), an open source project giving developers one interface to interact with multiple cloud vendors' services. Adapters cover file storage (Windows Azure blobs, Rackspace Cloud Files, Nirvanix, Amazon S3), document storage (Azure tables, Amazon SimpleDB), and queue services (Amazon SQS, Azure queues). The API trades vendor-specific features for a simple, reusable interface. A PHP code sample demonstrates uploading and listing items in Windows Azure Blob Storage using Zend_Cloud_Storage_WindowsAzure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Simple Cloud API and which cloud vendors support it? The Simple Cloud API is an open source PHP project from Zend, created with IBM, Microsoft, Rackspace, GoGrid and other cloud providers, that gives developers one interface to interact with different vendors' cloud services. It covers file storage (Windows Azure blobs, Rackspace Cloud Files, Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network, Amazon S3), document storage (Azure tables, Amazon SimpleDB), and queue services (Amazon SQS, Azure queues). _daily.dev surfaces updates like this for developers comparing cloud storage abstraction options in php._ ### How do I upload and list items in Windows Azure Blob Storage using Zend_Cloud_Storage_WindowsAzure in PHP? Instantiate Zend_Cloud_Storage_WindowsAzure with a container name, host, account name, and account key, then call storeItem() with a Zend_Cloud_Storage_Item to upload, fetchItem() to download, and listItems() to enumerate container contents. This is part of the Simple Cloud API, which wraps Azure-specific storage calls behind a vendor-agnostic interface. _developers wiring up azure blob storage in php can track framework updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Laravel Cloud API and CLI: Ship Faster, Automate More](https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-cloud-api-and-cli-ship-faster-automate-more-brfolid9r) · Laravel · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [How I Deployed a PHP Web App on Azure App Service](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-deployed-a-php-web-app-on-azure-app-service-voouyftxc) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Give Your Users Storage Without Becoming a Storage Company](https://daily.dev/posts/give-your-users-storage-without-becoming-a-storage-company-xvpmv2qb4) · Tigris · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Azure Storage 2026: Built for Agentic Scale and Cloud‑Native Apps](https://daily.dev/posts/azure-storage-2026-built-for-agentic-scale-and-cloud-native-apps-kl7sskepd) · Microsoft Azure · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How S3 API compatibility lets you use any cloud](https://daily.dev/posts/how-s3-api-compatibility-lets-you-use-any-cloud-kl0czr04a) · Tigris · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/simple-api-for-cloud-application-services-tfqtb2bp6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Simple API for Cloud Application Services","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/simple-api-for-cloud-application-services-tfqtb2bp6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/simple-api-for-cloud-application-services-tfqtb2bp6"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:04:42.031Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:08:15.417Z","description":"Zend, together with IBM, Microsoft, Rackspace, GoGrid and other cloud providers, released the Simple API for Cloud Application Services (Simple Cloud API), an...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5899cc5b4249d18cea4f964ac7601605?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5899cc5b4249d18cea4f964ac7601605?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Maarten Balliauw","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Maarten Balliauw","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--rOTg3VYO--/f_auto,q_auto/v1791119043/logos/maartenballiauw?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/simple-api-for-cloud-application-services-tfqtb2bp6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cloud,php","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Maarten Balliauw","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Simple API for Cloud Application Services"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/simple-api-for-cloud-application-services-tfqtb2bp6#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the Simple Cloud API and which cloud vendors support it?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Simple Cloud API is an open source PHP project from Zend, created with IBM, Microsoft, Rackspace, GoGrid and other cloud providers, that gives developers one interface to interact with different vendors' cloud services. 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