2.2.7.6.5 Example Batch Request

This section shows an example Batch request that contains the following operations in the order described:

• A query operation

• A change set that contains the following requests:

  • InsertEntity Request (with Content-ID = 1)

  • Insert Entity (references request with Content-ID = 1)

  • UpdateEntity Request

• A second query operation

Legend:

• Request bodies are excluded in favor of English descriptions inside "<>" brackets to simplify the example

   POST /service.svc/$batch HTTP/1.1 
   Host: host 
   Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=batch_36522ad7-fc75-4b56-8c71-56071383e77b 
    
    
   --batch_36522ad7-fc75-4b56-8c71-56071383e77b 
   Content-Type: application/http 
   Content-Transfer-Encoding:binary 
    
   GET /service.svc/Customers('ALFKI') 
   Host: host 
    
    
   --batch_36522ad7-fc75-4b56-8c71-56071383e77b 
   Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=changeset_77162fcd-b8da-41ac-a9f8-9357efbbd621 
   Content-Length: ###       
    
    
   --changeset(77162fcd-b8da-41ac-a9f8-9357efbbd621) 
   Content-Type: application/http 
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary 
   Content-ID: 1 
    
   POST /service.svc/Customers HTTP/1.1 
   Host: host  
   Content-Type: application/atom+xml;type=entry 
   Content-Length: ### 
    
   <AtomPub representation of a new Customer> 
    
   --changeset(77162fcd-b8da-41ac-a9f8-9357efbbd621) 
   Content-Type: application/http 
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary 
   Content-ID: 2
    
   POST $1/Orders HTTP/1.1 
   Host: host 
   Content-Type: application/atom+xml;type=entry 
   Content-Length: ### 
    
   <AtomPub representation of a new Order> 
    
   --changeset(77162fcd-b8da-41ac-a9f8-9357efbbd621) 
   Content-Type: application/http 
   Content-Transfer-Encoding:binary
   Content-ID: 3
    
   PUT /service.svc/Customers('ALFKI') HTTP/1.1 
   Host: host 
   Content-Type: application/json;odata=verbose 
   If-Match: xxxxx 
   Content-Length: ### 
    
   <Verbose JSON representation of Customer ALFKI> 
    
   --changeset(77162fcd-b8da-41ac-a9f8-9357efbbd621)-- 
    
    
   --batch(36522ad7-fc75-4b56-8c71-56071383e77b) 
   Content-Type: application/http 
   Content-Transfer-Encoding:binary 
    
   GET service.svc/AnEntitySetWhichDoesNotExist HTTP/1.1 
   Host: host 
    
    
   --batch(36522ad7-fc75-4b56-8c71-56071383e77b)--