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Azure Table Insert Entity

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Insert an entity into an Azure table.

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let rest = CkoRest()!

    // IMPORTANT: Make sure to change "myaccount" to your actual Azure Storage Account name.
    // IMPORTANT: Also change "mytable" to the name of your Azure table.
    // We're going to POST to this URL:  https://myaccount.table.core.windows.net/mytable
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var port: Int = 443
    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    success = rest.connect(hostname: "myaccount.table.core.windows.net", port: port, tls: bTls, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("ConnectFailReason: \(rest.connectFailReason.intValue)")
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    let azAuth = CkoAuthAzureStorage()!
    azAuth.accessKey = "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    azAuth.account = "myaccount"
    azAuth.scheme = "SharedKey"
    azAuth.service = "Table"

    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2019-07-07" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.xMsVersion = "2019-07-07"
    success = rest.setAuthAzureStorage(authProvider: azAuth)

    // Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
    // headers: Content-Length, x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
    // are automatically set by Chilkat.

    // Note: The above code does not need to be repeatedly called for each REST request.
    // The rest object can be setup once, and then many requests can be sent.  Chilkat will automatically
    // reconnect within a FullRequest* method as needed.  It is only the very first connection that is explicitly
    // made via the Connect method.

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {  
    //    "PartitionKey":"mypartitionkey",  
    //    "RowKey":"myrowkey",  
    //    "Timestamp":"2013-08-22T01:12:06.2608595Z",  
    //    "Address":"Mountain View",  
    //    "Age":23,  
    //    "AmountDue":200.23,  
    //    "CustomerCode":"c9da6455-213d-42c9-9a79-3e9149a57833",  
    //    "CustomerSince":"2008-07-10T00:00:00",  
    //    "IsActive":true,  
    //    "NumberOfOrders":"255"  
    // }  

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "PartitionKey", value: "mypartitionkey")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "RowKey", value: "myrowkey")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "Timestamp", value: "2013-08-22T01:12:06.2608595Z")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "Address", value: "Mountain View")
    json.updateInt(jsonPath: "Age", value: 23)
    json.updateNumber(jsonPath: "AmountDue", numericStr: "200.23")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "CustomerCode", value: "c9da6455-213d-42c9-9a79-3e9149a57833")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "CustomerSince", value: "2008-07-10T00:00:00")
    json.updateBool(jsonPath: "IsActive", value: true)
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "NumberOfOrders", value: "255")

    // IMPORTANT: Pay attention to the options for nometadata, minimalmetadata, or fullmetadata.
    // See the Azure table service API documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/insert-entity
    rest.addHeader(name: "Accept", value: "application/json;odata=nometadata")
    rest.addHeader(name: "Prefer", value: "return-no-content")
    rest.addHeader(name: "Content-Type", value: "application/json")

    let sbRequestBody = CkoStringBuilder()!
    json.emitSb(sb: sbRequestBody)
    let sbResponseBody = CkoStringBuilder()!
    // IMPORTANT: Change "mytable" to the name of your actual table.
    success = rest.fullRequestSb(httpVerb: "POST", uriPath: "/mytable", requestBody: sbRequestBody, responseBody: sbResponseBody)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // A status code of 204 is a success response for the case where Prefer=return-no-content.
    var respStatusCode: Int = rest.responseStatusCode.intValue
    print("Response Status Code = \(respStatusCode)")
    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        print("Response Header:")
        print("\(rest.responseHeader!)")
        print("Response Body:")
        print("\(sbResponseBody.getAsString()!)")
        return
    }

    print("Success.")

}