public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody] SensorReading sensorReading) { TableStorageProvider <SensorReadingEntry> storageProvider = new TableStorageProvider <SensorReadingEntry>("SensorData"); SensorReadingEntry sre = new SensorReadingEntry(); sre.RowKey = sensorReading.SensorName; sre.Value = sensorReading.Value; sre.UtcTicks = DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks; storageProvider.Insert(sre); return(Request.CreateResponse <SensorReading>(HttpStatusCode.OK, sensorReading)); }