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Azure Table Insert Entity

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Insert an entity into an Azure table.

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#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkAuthAzureStorageW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkRestW rest;

    // 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
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect(L"myaccount.table.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",rest.get_ConnectFailReason());
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAzureStorageW azAuth;
    azAuth.put_AccessKey(L"AZURE_ACCESS_KEY");
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    azAuth.put_Account(L"myaccount");
    azAuth.put_Scheme(L"SharedKey");
    azAuth.put_Service(L"Table");

    // This causes the "x-ms-version: 2019-07-07" header to be automatically added.
    azAuth.put_XMsVersion(L"2019-07-07");
    success = rest.SetAuthAzureStorage(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"  
    // }  

    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.UpdateString(L"PartitionKey",L"mypartitionkey");
    json.UpdateString(L"RowKey",L"myrowkey");
    json.UpdateString(L"Timestamp",L"2013-08-22T01:12:06.2608595Z");
    json.UpdateString(L"Address",L"Mountain View");
    json.UpdateInt(L"Age",23);
    json.UpdateNumber(L"AmountDue",L"200.23");
    json.UpdateString(L"CustomerCode",L"c9da6455-213d-42c9-9a79-3e9149a57833");
    json.UpdateString(L"CustomerSince",L"2008-07-10T00:00:00");
    json.UpdateBool(L"IsActive",true);
    json.UpdateString(L"NumberOfOrders",L"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(L"Accept",L"application/json;odata=nometadata");
    rest.AddHeader(L"Prefer",L"return-no-content");
    rest.AddHeader(L"Content-Type",L"application/json");

    CkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    // IMPORTANT: Change "mytable" to the name of your actual table.
    success = rest.FullRequestSb(L"POST",L"/mytable",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // A status code of 204 is a success response for the case where Prefer=return-no-content.
    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.responseHeader());
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");
    }