Azure function not recognizing cloud storage and queue classes - azure

Question

I am following along with this guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/queues/storage-dotnet-how-to-use-queues and attempting to create a simple queue in a time triggered function. It is not recognizing CloudStorageAcount, CloudConfigurationManager, CloudQueueClient, etc.
Here is my run.csx file
using Microsoft.Azure;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Queue;
using System;
public static void Run(TimerInfo myTimer, TraceWriter log) {
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnectionString"));
// Retrieve storage account from connection string.
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnectionString"));
// Create the queue client.
CloudQueueClient queueClient =
storageAccount.CreateCloudQueueClient();
// Retrieve a reference to a container.
CloudQueue queue = queueClient.GetQueueReference("myqueue");
// Create the queue if it doesn't already exist
queue.CreateIfNotExists();
}
Here is my project.json file:
{
"frameworks": {
"net45":{
"dependencies": {
"Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager" : "3.2.3",
"Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage" : "8.0.0"
},
"frameworks": {
"netcoreapp1.0": {
"dependencies": {
"Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
"type": "platform",
"version": "1.0.0"
}
},
"imports": "dnxcore50"
}
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

The package Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage is referenced by Azure Functions itself by default. Remove the whole project.json file and add this line to the top of your function:
#r "Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage"
But you might not even need that. Azure Functions have higher-level API to work with Storage Queues, both for sending (output bindings) and receiving (triggers). Refer to Azure Queue storage bindings for Azure Functions.
One more advice: it's preferred to use precompiled functions deployed as class libraries compiled with Visual Studio or VS Code. This way it's much easier to manage dependencies and troubleshoot.