GetEntity Method

Gets the entity specified by PartitionKey and RowKey.

Syntax

table.getEntity(partitionKey, rowKey, [callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

Calling this method will retrieve one entity from the Server. The PartitionKey and RowKey parameters identify the entity to be retrieved. After calling this method, EntityURL, EntityLastModified and EntityETag will be populated. The entity properties will be stored in EntityProperties. Additionally, EntityCount will be 1 and EntityIndex will be 0.