Xojo Plugin

Azure Table Insert Entity

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Insert an entity into an Azure table. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim rest As New 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
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("myaccount.table.core.windows.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("ConnectFailReason: " + Str(rest.ConnectFailReason))
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
Dim azAuth As New Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage
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(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"  
// }  

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

Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
// IMPORTANT: Change "mytable" to the name of your actual table.
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/mytable",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A status code of 204 is a success response for the case where Prefer=return-no-content.
Dim respStatusCode As Int32
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
System.DebugLog("Response Status Code = " + Str(respStatusCode))
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
    System.DebugLog(rest.ResponseHeader)
    System.DebugLog("Response Body:")
    System.DebugLog(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Success.")