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Azure Table Insert Entity

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Insert an entity into an Azure table. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oAzAuth
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oSbRequestBody
LOCAL oSbResponseBody
LOCAL nRespStatusCode

nSuccess := 0

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

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.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
nBTls := 1
nPort := 443
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("myaccount.table.core.windows.net", nPort, nBTls, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "ConnectFailReason: " + Str(oRest:ConnectFailReason)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
oAzAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage")
oAzAuth:AccessKey := "AZURE_ACCESS_KEY"
//  The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
oAzAuth:Account := "myaccount"
oAzAuth:Scheme := "SharedKey"
oAzAuth:Service := "Table"

//  This causes the "x-ms-version: 2019-07-07" header to be automatically added.
oAzAuth:XMsVersion := "2019-07-07"
nSuccess := oRest:SetAuthAzureStorage(oAzAuth)

//  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"  
//  }  

oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("PartitionKey", "mypartitionkey")
oJson:UpdateString("RowKey", "myrowkey")
oJson:UpdateString("Timestamp", "2013-08-22T01:12:06.2608595Z")
oJson:UpdateString("Address", "Mountain View")
oJson:UpdateInt("Age", 23)
oJson:UpdateNumber("AmountDue", "200.23")
oJson:UpdateString("CustomerCode", "c9da6455-213d-42c9-9a79-3e9149a57833")
oJson:UpdateString("CustomerSince", "2008-07-10T00:00:00")
oJson:UpdateBool("IsActive", 1)
oJson:UpdateString("NumberOfOrders", "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
oRest:AddHeader("Accept", "application/json;odata=nometadata")
oRest:AddHeader("Prefer", "return-no-content")
oRest:AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")

oSbRequestBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oJson:EmitSb(oSbRequestBody)
oSbResponseBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
//  IMPORTANT: Change "mytable" to the name of your actual table.
nSuccess := oRest:FullRequestSb("POST", "/mytable", oSbRequestBody, oSbResponseBody)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oSbRequestBody:destroy()
    oSbResponseBody:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  A status code of 204 is a success response for the case where Prefer=return-no-content.
nRespStatusCode := oRest:ResponseStatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + Str(nRespStatusCode)
IF (nRespStatusCode >= 400)
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? oSbResponseBody:GetAsString()
    oRest:destroy()
    oAzAuth:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oSbRequestBody:destroy()
    oSbResponseBody:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Success."

oRest:destroy()
oAzAuth:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oSbRequestBody:destroy()
oSbResponseBody:destroy()