Create, read, update, and delete data by using appropriate APIs

Before we can create, read, update, and delete data using the APIs, we first need to create a Cosmos DB in Azure. We will do this in the following subsection.

Creating a Cosmos DB

You can create a Cosmos DB using the Azure portal, PowerShell, CLI, and ARM templates. In this demonstration, we are going to create a Cosmos DB server, database, and container from the Azure portal. Therefore, you have to take the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Azure portal by opening https://portal.azure.com.
2. Click Create a resource, type Azure Cosmos DB in the search bar and create a new database server.
3. Add the following values:
   • Subscription: Pick a subscription.
   • Resource group: Create a new one and call it PacktCosmosResourceGroup.
   • Account name: packtsqlapi.
   • API: Core (SQL).
   • Location: East US.
   • Geo-Redundancy: Disable.
   • Multi-region Writes: Disable.
   • Availability Zones: Disable.
4. Click Review + create and then Create.
5. When the deployment...