Method: Azure::Table::TableService#insert_entity

Defined in:
lib/azure/table/table_service.rb

#insert_entity(table_name, entity_values, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Public: Inserts new entity to the table.

Attributes

  • table_name - String. The table name

  • entity_values - Hash. A hash of the name/value pairs for the entity.

  • options - Hash. Optional parameters.

Options

Accepted key/value pairs in options parameter are:

  • :timeout - Integer. A timeout in seconds.

See msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179433

Returns a Azure::Entity::Table::Entity



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# File 'lib/azure/table/table_service.rb', line 204

def insert_entity(table_name, entity_values, options={})
  body = Azure::Table::Serialization.hash_to_entry_xml(entity_values).to_xml

  query = { }
  query['timeout'] = options[:timeout].to_s if options[:timeout]

  response = call(:post, entities_uri(table_name, nil, nil, query), body)

  result = Azure::Table::Serialization.hash_from_entry_xml(response.body)

  Entity.new do |entity|
    entity.table = table_name
    entity.updated = result[:updated]
    entity.etag = response.headers['etag'] || result[:etag]
    entity.properties = result[:properties]
  end
end