An Azure Function is an “event driven, compute-on-demand experience…with capabilities to implement code triggered by events occurring in Azure or third party service as well as on-premises systems.” A nice feature is you can create these functions in a serverless environment.
To create an Azure function, go to portal.azure.com and search for Function. You will see Function App. This is a logical grouping of functions:
Click Create:
Provide a name and click Create:
Now, we will add a shortcut to Azure Functions:
You will now see Function Apps in the bottom left:
Now, we will create an http triggered function. From our new function app, select + to create new:
This will open the window below. Note the language options:
- C#
- JavaScript
- FSharp
- Java
Click Create:
A function is now created in C#:
To run the function, click on Get Function URL in the top right. Copy the URL:
Paste the URL into a web browser, and append to the URL &name=Carl. The function will return:
Expand logs at the bottom of the function. You will see details on the requests:
Click Run to see a test call:
Click on Integrate to add inputs to your function such as looking up data, or outputs to your function such as sending to a queue:
And view documentation including code samples:
Click Manage to view and manage the app keys:
Click on Monitor to get invocation details about the function:
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