C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 Blueprints

Calling an Azure Function from an ASP.NET Core MVC application

In the previous section, we had a look at how our Azure Function worked. Now, we want to create an ASP.NET Core MVC application that will call our Azure Function to validate an email address entered into a login screen of the application:

This application does no authentication at all. All it is doing is validating the email address entered. ASP.NET Core MVC authentication is a totally different topic and not the focus of this chapter.

1. In Visual Studio 2017, create a new project and select ASP.NET Core Web Application from the project templates. Click on the OK button to create the project. This is shown in the following screenshot:

2. On the next screen, ensure that .NET Core ...