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Learning Azure Functions

You're reading from   Learning Azure Functions Build scalable cloud systems with serverless architecture

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787122932
Length 240 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mitesh Soni Mitesh Soni
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Building the project


Now, we will start to build our project. First we will create the API for storing data in Cosmos DB. Once the API is created, we will then move on to design our user form using HTML and CSS.

For creating APIs, we need to create HttpTrigger in Azure Function.

Let's start with the creation of the API using Azure Function:

  1. First, login to the Azure portal. Navigate to the Function App, which we have created in the previous chapter.
  2. Click on the plus sign, select the language as JavaScript, and click on the HttpTrigger function, as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. Now, provide a name to the function and click on Create:
  1. Once the function is created, the default code will be opened:
  1. Now, we need to create the API, which takes an input from the request and stores the output in the database. So, click on Integrate to add output binding:
  1. Now, click on Outputs to add output binding as Cosmos DB:
  1. Select Azure Cosmos DB, and then click on the Select button:
  1. To add output binding as Cosmos...
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