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Enterprise Integration with Azure Logic Apps

By : Matthew Bennett
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Enterprise Integration with Azure Logic Apps

By: Matthew Bennett

Overview of this book

Logic Apps are a visual flowchart-like representation of common programming actions, and are a flexible way to create logic without writing a single line of code. Enterprise Integration with Azure Logic Apps is a comprehensive introduction for anyone new to Logic Apps which will boost your learning skills and allow you to create rich, complex, structured, and reusable logic with instant results. You'll begin by discovering how to navigate the Azure portal and understand how your objects can be zoned to a specific environment by using resource groups. Complete with hands-on tutorials, projects, and self-assessment questions, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you the benefits and foundations of Logic App logic design. As you advance, you'll find out how to manage your Azure environment in relation to Logic Apps and how to create elegant and reliable Logic Apps. With useful and practical explanations of how to get the most out of Logic App actions and triggers, you'll be able to ensure that your Logic Apps work efficiently and provide seamless integration for real-world scenarios without having to write code. By the end of this Logic Apps book, you'll be able to create complex and powerful Logic Apps within minutes, integrating large amounts of data on demand, enhancing your systems, and linking applications to improve user experience.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Logic App Fundamentals
7
Section 2: Logic App Design
13
Section 3: Logic App Maintenance and Management

Sending data to an Azure Function from a logic app

Connecting an Azure function to the outside world is very easy. In this section, we will handle data input to the Azure function via an HTTP request trigger. The reason for this is that you might want to amend the data or perform calculations before sending the data into the function for processing.

Follow these steps to learn how to send data to an Azure function:

  1. First, create a logic app, as detailed in the previous chapters. I have called mine InputParamsLA.
  2. Set your trigger to be an HTTP request, either by using the template or creating a blank logic app first and then selecting the Request trigger, as detailed in previous exercises.
  3. Copy the JSON message we are going to use as input to your clipboard:
    { "name": "Matthew" }
  4. Open your trigger, select the Use sample payload to generate schema link, and paste the JSON message into the generator. A schema will be created for you:
    {
     &...