POST api/Categories

Creates a new Categories entity

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Name	Type	Additional information
CategoryID	integer	None.
CategoryName	string	None.
Description	string	None.
Picture	Collection of byte	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "CategoryID": 1,
  "CategoryName": "sample string 2",
  "Description": "sample string 3",
  "Picture": "QEA="
}

text/xml

Sample:

<CategoriesData xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/NorthwindAPI.Models">
  <CategoryID>1</CategoryID>
  <CategoryName>sample string 2</CategoryName>
  <Description>sample string 3</Description>
  <Picture>QEA=</Picture>
</CategoriesData>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Sample not available.

Response Information

Resource Description

HttpResponseMessage

Name	Type	Additional information
Version	Version	None.
Content	HttpContent	None.
StatusCode	HttpStatusCode	None.
ReasonPhrase	string	None.
Headers	Collection of Object	None.
RequestMessage	HttpRequestMessage	None.
IsSuccessStatusCode	boolean	None.