4.3 Insert a New List Item
SharePoint
The following example illustrates the exchange of messages required for a client to insert a new Employees list item to the Employees list and associate it with Projects list item 2 and 3 using the AtomPub format.
HTTP Request:
POST /_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Employees HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/atom+xml
Content-Type: application/atom+xml
Host: www.contoso.com
Content-Length: ###
Expect: 100-continue
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<entry xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<category scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"
term="Microsoft.SharePoint.DataService.EmployeesItem" />
<title />
<author>
<name />
</author>
<updated>2009-04-30T02:15:21.1353156Z</updated>
<id />
<link href="http://www.contoso.com/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Projects(2)"
rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/Projects"
type="application/atom+xml;type=feed" />
<link href="http://www.contoso.com/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Projects(3)"
rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/Projects"
type="application/atom+xml;type=feed" />
<content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:Created m:type="Edm.DateTime" m:null="true" />
<d:FullName>James Earl Jones</d:FullName>
<d:HireDate m:type="Edm.DateTime">1987-04-29T19:15:14.7861156-07:00</d:HireDate>
<d:ID m:type="Edm.Int32">0</d:ID>
<d:Modified m:type="Edm.DateTime" m:null="true" />
<d:Path m:null="true" />
<d:Salary m:type="Edm.Double">195000</d:Salary>
<d:Version m:null="true" />
<d:Owshiddenversion m:type="Edm.Int32" m:null="true" />
</m:properties>
</content>
</entry>
HTTP Response:
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: application/atom+xml;charset=utf-8
ETag: W/"1"
Location: http://www.contoso.com/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Employees(11)
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
SPRequestGuid: 49759c6a-7a76-44fc-bd4c-e6bfe3f97a3e
DataServiceVersion: 2.0;
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
Set-Cookie: SDA_Callback=05/01/2009 14:07:39; expires=Fri, 01-May-2009 21:17:39 GMT; path=/
Set-Cookie: WSS_KeepSessionAuthenticated={afbe7ca4-c701-4f7d-9021-25cab947ae3f}; path=/
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 14.0.0.4006
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 21:07:41 GMT
Content-Length: ###
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<entry xml:base="http://www.contoso.com/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"
m:etag="W/"1""
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<id>http://www.contoso.com/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Employees(11)</id>
<title type="text">James Earl Jones</title>
<updated>2009-05-01T21:07:41Z</updated>
<author>
<name />
</author>
<link rel="edit" title="EmployeesItem" href="Employees(11)" />
<link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/Projects"
type="application/atom+xml;type=feed" title="Projects"
href="Employees(11)/Projects" />
<link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/CreatedBy"
type="application/atom+xml;type=entry" title="CreatedBy"
href="Employees(11)/CreatedBy" />
<link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/ModifiedBy"
type="application/atom+xml;type=entry" title="ModifiedBy"
href="Employees(11)/ModifiedBy" />
<category term="Microsoft.SharePoint.DataService.EmployeesItem"
scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" />
<content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:FullName>James Earl Jones</d:FullName>
<d:Salary m:type="Edm.Double">195000</d:Salary>
<d:HireDate m:type="Edm.DateTime">1987-04-29T19:15:14.7861156-07:00</d:HireDate>
<d:ID m:type="Edm.Int32">11</d:ID>
<d:Modified m:type="Edm.DateTime">2009-05-01T14:07:41</d:Modified>
<d:Created m:type="Edm.DateTime">2009-05-01T14:07:41</d:Created>
<d:Owshiddenversion m:type="Edm.Int32">1</d:Owshiddenversion>
<d:Version>1.0</d:Version>
<d:Path>/Lists/Employees</d:Path>
</m:properties>
</content>
</entry>
