cosmos_create_container.py

# Create a collection of items in a Container
# Items are the individual rows/records of your dataset
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/azure-cosmos/azure.cosmos.cosmos_client.cosmosclient?view=azure-python#createcontainer-database-link--collection--options-none-

database_link = 'dbs/' + 'HDIdatabase'
container_definition = {'id': 'HDIcontainer',
                        'partitionKey':
                                    {
                                        'paths': ['/country'],
                                        'kind': documents.PartitionKind.Hash
                                    }
                        }
try:
    container = client.CreateContainer(database_link=database_link, 
                                        collection=container_definition, 
                                        options={'offerThroughput': 400})
except errors.HTTPFailure as e:
    if e.status_code == http_constants.StatusCodes.CONFLICT:
        container = client.ReadContainer("dbs/" + database['id'] + "/colls/" + container_definition['id'])
    else:
        raise e