How can I use Curl on Linux to work with Azure Storage Table API via REST?

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To use Curl on Linux to work with Azure Storage Table API via REST, you can follow the steps below:

1. Install Curl if it's not already installed on your Linux system.
2. Obtain an Azure Storage account and its access keys. You can do this by logging into the Azure portal and navigating to your storage account.
3. Create an authentication signature for the storage account using the access keys. You can find sample code for generating the authentication signature in various programming languages in the Azure documentation.
4. Construct a REST API request using Curl with the following components:
   • The URL of the request, which should include the name of the target storage account and the API version.
   • The HTTP method for the request (e.g. GET, POST, DELETE).
   • Any necessary headers, such as the content type or the authentication signature.
   • Any necessary parameters or payload for the request, such as the name of the table or the data to be inserted or retrieved.
5. Send the request using Curl and obtain the response. The response should include the HTTP status code and any relevant payload from the server.

Here's an example Curl command for creating a new table in an Azure Storage account:

curl -X PUT \
  -H "x-ms-version:2017-02-19" \
  -H "x-ms-date:$(date -u)" \
  -H "Authorization:SharedKey <your-account-name>:<your-authentication-signature>" \
  "https://<your-account-name>.table.core.windows.net/<your-table-name>?restype=table"

In this command, replace <your-account-name> with the name of your Azure Storage account, <your-authentication-signature> with the authentication signature you generated, and <your-table-name> with the name you want to give to the new table.