I need a way to trigger the Azure functions when an entity is added to the Azure Table storage. Is there a way to do this ? When I tried to add a new Azure function, I did not see any Azure Table storage trigger. I see there is Queue and Blob triggers available.
If there is no support for the Azure table storage trigger, then should I need to have a Http trigger and have the Azure Table storage as input binding ?
Thanks
There is no trigger binding for Table Storage.
Here's a detailed view on what is supported by the different bindings available today:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-triggers-bindings#overview
If there is no support for the Azure table storage trigger, then should I need to have a Http trigger and have the Azure Table storage as input binding ?
Yes, this approach would work and would allow you to pass the table data as an input while relying on a separate trigger. Depending on the type of clients you are working with, and your requirements, using a queue trigger is also another good option.
#venki What the Fabio Cavalcante said to you is really true. Azure Function doesn't have a trigger option for Storage Table. But, whether your business needs store the data into the Storage Table and you as a Developer decide to use Azure Function into your architecture, you're able to configure you Function to use data that will come from Storage Table as a Input to your Function! This works really well.
But, There is another way to configure your Function to have "automagically" trigger, using Storage Queue (for small business) or Service Bus (for a business that needs a mechanism more robust)
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In Azure, how can I automatically trigger a function when data is inserted/updated/deleted in table storage? The data entity from table storage should be the input to the function. I need to then pass that data to another endpoint.
There is no table storage trigger available out of the box!
I would recommend you to use the cosmosdb table API to take advantage of global distribution, automatic indexing and rich quer which also supports changefeed
Is it possible to trigger Azure Functions or AppService webapp whenever an insert operation is performed against a table on Azure SQL MI?
if not, is there a way to trigger applications outside Azure SQL rather than using LogicApp? I want to avoid LogicApp because it requries using one more application, and it is still using polling.
Link below said it is not for Azure functions
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/355860-azure-functions/suggestions/16711846-sql-azure-trigger-support
Link below suggests using LogicApp.
Trigger Azure Function by inserting (adding) new row into table, SQL Server Database
Today, in Azure SQL, there is no such possibility. The closest option is to create a Timer Trigger Azure Function that checks if there has been any changes in the table you want to monitor (using Change Tracking, for example).
If you are using Azure SQL MI instead, you could create a SQLCLR procedure that calls an Azure Function via an HTTP request or, another option, via Azure Event Hubs or Azure Event Grid
There have been several feature requests for triggering Azure functions based on changes to at Azure SQL database. For example:
https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-python-worker/issues/365
It seems that they are not prioritizing it, since it is possible to implement this functionality using logic apps.
Is it possible to use some ready made construct in azure cloud environment to ingest the events (in json format) that are currently stored in azure blob storage and have it submit those events directly to azure event hub without writing any (however small) custom code? In other words, I would like to use configuration driven approach only.
Sure. You can try to use Azure Logic Apps to realize your needs without any code or just with some function expressions, please refer to the offical documents of Azure Logic Apps to know more details.
The logic flow is as the figure below.
You can refer to my sample below to make it works.
Here is my sample to receive an event from my EventHub and transfer to Azure Blob Storage to create a new blob for storing the event data.
Create an Azure Logic App instance on Azure portal, it should be easy for you.
Move to the tab Logic app designer to configure the logic flow.
Click Save and Run buttons. Then, use ServiceBusExplorer (downloaded from https://github.com/paolosalvatori/ServiceBusExplorer/releases) to send event message and check whether new blob created using AzureStorageExplorer. It works fine after a few minutes.
I need to move data received in my Service Bus Topic to a Storage Account inside Azure.
I believe Azure Function is one of the good ways to achieve this.
Please share suitable example if you have one.
Regards,
Surya
Fire up an Azure Functions project, create a function with a Service Bus trigger binding (if you're in the portal or Visual Studio then it'll offer you a template) and add a storage output binding for blob, queue or table as appropriate. Then in the function code just copy the relevant data from your trigger parameter to your output parameter.
I've got some image processing code that I need to run in Azure. It's perfect for an Azure Function, but unfortunately requires a component with a complex installation procedure and therefore will need to run in a VM.
However, I'd like to make it behave much like an Azure Function, and trigger whenever new items arrive in blob storage.
My question is: Does Azure provide me with any handy way of doing this, or do I have to write code that polls the blob storage looking for new items?
Have a look at Azure WebJobs SDK. It shares API model with Functions, but you can host it in any .NET application. Blob Trigger.