Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook - Second Edition

Creating a timer trigger

Perform the following steps:

1. Click on the + icon, search for timer, and click on the Timer trigger button.
2. In the New Function popup, provide the details for this new function. The Schedule here is a CRON expression that ensures that the timer trigger gets triggered automatically every 5 minutes:

3. Paste the following code into the code editor and save your changes. The following code simulates traffic by making HTTP requests programmatically. Be sure to replace <<FunctionAppName>> with the actual name of your function app:

using System;public async static void Run(TimerInfo myTimer, ILogger log){using (var httpClient ...