functions-create-storage-blob-triggered-function.md

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Create a function triggered by Azure Blob storage

Learn how to create a function triggered when files are uploaded to or updated in Azure Blob storage.

Prerequisites

• Download and install the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer.
• An Azure subscription. If you don't have one, create a free account before you begin.

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Create an Azure Function app

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Next, you create a function in the new function app.

Create a Blob storage triggered function

1. Expand your function app and click the + button next to Functions. If this is the first function in your function app, select Custom function. This displays the complete set of function templates.

   

2. Select the BlobTrigger template for your desired language, and use the settings as specified in the table.

   

   Setting	Suggested value	Description
   Path	mycontainer/{name}	Location in Blob storage being monitored. The file name of the blob is passed in the binding as the name parameter.
   Storage account connection	AzureWebJobStorage	You can use the storage account connection already being used by your function app, or create a new one.
   Name your function	Unique in your function app	Name of this blob triggered function.

3. Click Create to create your function.

Next, you connect to your Azure Storage account and create the mycontainer container.

Create the container

1. In your function, click Integrate, expand Documentation, and copy both Account name and Account key. You use these credentials to connect to the storage account. If you have already connected your storage account, skip to step 4.

   

2. Run the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer tool, click the connect icon on the left, choose Use a storage account name and key, and click Next.

   

3. Enter the Account name and Account key from step 1, click Next and then Connect.

   

4. Expand the attached storage account, right-click Blob containers, click Create blob container, type mycontainer, and then press enter.

   

Now that you have a blob container, you can test the function by uploading a file to the container.

Test the function

1. Back in the Azure portal, browse to your function expand the Logs at the bottom of the page and make sure that log streaming isn't paused.

2. In Storage Explorer, expand your storage account, Blob containers, and mycontainer. Click Upload and then Upload files....

   

3. In the Upload files dialog box, click the Files field. Browse to a file on your local computer, such as an image file, select it and click Open and then Upload.

4. Go back to your function logs and verify that the blob has been read.

   

   [!NOTE] When your function app runs in the default Consumption plan, there may be a delay of up to several minutes between the blob being added or updated and the function being triggered. If you need low latency in your blob triggered functions, consider running your function app in an App Service plan.

Clean up resources

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Next steps

You have created a function that runs when a blob is added to or updated in Blob storage.

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For more information about Blob storage triggers, see Azure Functions Blob storage bindings.