Learning Azure Functions

Using an event with an Azure Function

Events are things that trigger our Azure Functions to run. Events can be HTTP endpoints, message queues, blob updates, and cron-scheduled events. To elaborate more by giving an example, what if you want to be notified when a file is uploaded on blob storage or you want to immediately process a file when it is uploaded to blob storage?

The following diagram shows how the Azure Function works, which gets triggered when an event occurs:

The following are the types of event that cause the function to run:

• HTTP Trigger: This is an event that causes the function to run whenever it receives an HTTP request. ...