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# Test null

PUT http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null
Content-Type: application/json

This tests null.

Reference: https://akamai.ferndocs.com/demo-apis/api/data/empty-values/put-null

## Request

### Query parameters

- `accountSwitchKey` (string, optional) — For customers who manage more than one account, this [runs the operation from another account](https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/manage-many-accounts-with-one-api-client). The Identity and Access Management API provides a [list of available account switch keys](https://techdocs.akamai.com/iam-api/reference/get-client-account-switch-keys).

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `sample-null` (any, optional, nullable) — Avoid `null` values in sample data.
- `schema-null-avoid` (string, optional, nullable) — Avoid nullable data.
- `schema-null-lacks-desc` (string, optional, nullable) — This description misses a crucial detail.
- `schema-null-lacks-spec` (string, optional) — This description mentions a null value, but schema is not marked as nullable.

## Response

### 200

Successful response.

- `sample-null` (any, optional, nullable) — Avoid `null` values in sample data.
- `schema-null-avoid` (string, optional, nullable) — Avoid nullable data.
- `schema-null-lacks-desc` (string, optional, nullable) — This description misses a crucial detail.
- `schema-null-lacks-spec` (string, optional) — This description mentions a null value, but schema is not marked as nullable.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "sample-null": null,
  "schema-null-avoid": "example string",
  "schema-null-lacks-desc": "additional info"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "sample-null": null,
  "schema-null-avoid": "response value",
  "schema-null-lacks-desc": "response detail"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null"

payload = {
    "sample-null": None,
    "schema-null-avoid": "example string",
    "schema-null-lacks-desc": "additional info"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null';
const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"sample-null":null,"schema-null-avoid":"example string","schema-null-lacks-desc":"additional info"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"sample-null\": null,\n  \"schema-null-avoid\": \"example string\",\n  \"schema-null-lacks-desc\": \"additional info\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"sample-null\": null,\n  \"schema-null-avoid\": \"example string\",\n  \"schema-null-lacks-desc\": \"additional info\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"sample-null\": null,\n  \"schema-null-avoid\": \"example string\",\n  \"schema-null-lacks-desc\": \"additional info\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PUT', 'http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null', [
  'body' => '{
  "sample-null": null,
  "schema-null-avoid": "example string",
  "schema-null-lacks-desc": "additional info"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"sample-null\": null,\n  \"schema-null-avoid\": \"example string\",\n  \"schema-null-lacks-desc\": \"additional info\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "sample-null": ,
  "schema-null-avoid": "example string",
  "schema-null-lacks-desc": "additional info"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://{hostname}/test-suite/v2/data/null")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```