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Azure Table Insert Entity

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Insert an entity into an Azure table.

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#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthAzureStorageW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkAuthAzureStorageW azAuth;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;

    success = FALSE;

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

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    // 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
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"myaccount.table.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRestW_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    // Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    azAuth = CkAuthAzureStorageW_Create();
    CkAuthAzureStorageW_putAccessKey(azAuth,L"AZURE_ACCESS_KEY");
    // The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    CkAuthAzureStorageW_putAccount(azAuth,L"myaccount");
    CkAuthAzureStorageW_putScheme(azAuth,L"SharedKey");
    CkAuthAzureStorageW_putService(azAuth,L"Table");

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

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"PartitionKey",L"mypartitionkey");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"RowKey",L"myrowkey");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"Timestamp",L"2013-08-22T01:12:06.2608595Z");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"Address",L"Mountain View");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateInt(json,L"Age",23);
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateNumber(json,L"AmountDue",L"200.23");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"CustomerCode",L"c9da6455-213d-42c9-9a79-3e9149a57833");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"CustomerSince",L"2008-07-10T00:00:00");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateBool(json,L"IsActive",TRUE);
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,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
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Accept",L"application/json;odata=nometadata");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Prefer",L"return-no-content");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Content-Type",L"application/json");

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    // IMPORTANT: Change "mytable" to the name of your actual table.
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestSb(rest,L"POST",L"/mytable",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAzureStorageW_Dispose(azAuth);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    // A status code of 204 is a success response for the case where Prefer=return-no-content.
    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkAuthAzureStorageW_Dispose(azAuth);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkAuthAzureStorageW_Dispose(azAuth);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);

    }