Microsoft Azure Table API

The Table API from Microsoft Azure — 5 operation(s) for table.

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Operations 11

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /Tables List the tables in a storage account · Microsoft Azure Get Tables #

Ask an LLM

“Which tables exist in my Azure Table storage account?”

“Can I filter the table list by name and cap how many come back?”

Tell an agent

List all the tables in my storage account.

Show the first {top} tables whose names match {filter}.

POST /Tables Create a new table · Microsoft Azure Post Tables #

Ask an LLM

“How do I create a new table in my storage account?”

“Can I make a table and skip echoing its content back in the response?”

Tell an agent

Create a new table with properties {table_properties}.

Create table {table_properties} and return no content ({prefer}).

DELETE /Tables('{table}') Permanently delete a table · Microsoft Azure Delete Tables Table #

Ask an LLM

“Can I drop a whole table along with all its entities?”

“Is deleting a storage table permanent?”

Tell an agent destructive · confirm first

Delete table {table} permanently.

Drop the {table} table from my storage account.

GET /{table}() Query the entities in a table · Microsoft Azure Get Table #

Ask an LLM

“How do I pull rows out of a table that match a filter?”

“Can I choose which properties come back when I query many entities?”

Tell an agent

Query table {table} for entities matching {filter}.

Return the first {top} entities from {table}, only the {select} properties.

GET /{table}(PartitionKey='{partitionKey}',RowKey='{rowKey}') Get one entity by partition and row key · Microsoft Azure Get Table Partitionkey Partitionkey ,rowkey Rowkey #

Ask an LLM

“Can I fetch a single table entity if I know its partition key and row key?”

“What's the fastest point lookup for one row in a table?”

Tell an agent

Get the entity in {table} with partition key {partitionKey} and row key {rowKey}.

Look up row {rowKey} of partition {partitionKey} in {table}, returning just {select}.

PUT /{table}(PartitionKey='{partitionKey}',RowKey='{rowKey}') Replace an entity in a table · Microsoft Azure Put Table Partitionkey Partitionkey ,rowkey Rowkey #

Ask an LLM

“How do I overwrite an entire entity with new property values?”

“Can I make a full replace fail if someone else changed the entity first?”

Tell an agent

Replace entity {partitionKey}/{rowKey} in {table} with {properties}.

Overwrite row {rowKey} in partition {partitionKey} of {table} only if its ETag is still {etag}.

PATCH /{table}(PartitionKey='{partitionKey}',RowKey='{rowKey}') Merge new properties into an entity · Microsoft Azure Patch Table Partitionkey Partitionkey ,rowkey Rowkey #

Ask an LLM

“How do I change a few properties on an entity without wiping the others?”

“Is there a merge-style update that keeps untouched columns intact?”

Tell an agent

Merge {properties} into entity {partitionKey}/{rowKey} of {table}.

Add or change only these fields on row {rowKey}, partition {partitionKey} in {table}: {properties}.

DELETE /{table}(PartitionKey='{partitionKey}',RowKey='{rowKey}') Delete an entity from a table · Microsoft Azure Delete Table Partitionkey Partitionkey ,rowkey Rowkey #

Ask an LLM

“Can I delete a single row from a table by its keys?”

“Why does deleting an entity require an ETag match?”

Tell an agent destructive · confirm first

Delete the entity {partitionKey}/{rowKey} from {table} matching ETag {etag}.

Remove row {rowKey} of partition {partitionKey} in {table} whatever its version ({etag}).

POST /{table} Insert a new entity into a table · Microsoft Azure Post Table #

Ask an LLM

“How do I add a new row to a storage table?”

“Can I insert an entity without getting it echoed back?”

Tell an agent

Insert a new entity {properties} into {table}.

Add a row to table {table} and skip returning the content ({prefer}).

GET /{table} Get a table's stored access policies · Microsoft Azure Get Table #

Ask an LLM

“What stored access policies are set on a table for shared access signatures?”

“Can I see the ACL a table uses for its SAS tokens?”

Tell an agent

Show the stored access policies on table {table}.

Get the SAS access policy ACL for {table} ({comp}).

PUT /{table} Set a table's stored access policies · Microsoft Azure Put Table #

Ask an LLM

“How do I define stored access policies on a table for signed access?”

“Can I replace the ACL behind a table's shared access signatures?”

Tell an agent

Set the stored access policies on {table} to {acl}.

Replace the SAS access policy ACL of {table} ({comp}).

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