How to create an Azure Function App with a Webhook to provide a "Hello" message with your name

#azurefunctionapp #webhook #httptrigger #eventdriven

Azure Function App is an event-driven architecture, a serverless computing solution that allows your codes to run only when there is an event. This helps to reduce cost of operations on managing your business.
With the use of a function app, you can organise functions into logical units for simpler resource management, deployment, scaling and sharing.

To create an Azure function app with a Webhook to provide an "Hello message with your name, follow these steps:
1.Log in to Azure Portal and search for Function App with the Search box

2.Click on Create

3.Complete the credentials under the Project Details:
Subscription: Select the applicable subscription. Here, I will use Azure Pass Sponsorship
Resource Group: You can select any of your existing Resource group you wish to use or simply create a new one and name it. I have an existing one, AprilWorkload

4.Complete the Instance details as follows:
Function App Name: I will name it Yemifunction (You can use any name you desired)and complete the rest as follows
Do you want to deploy code or container image?: Code
Runtime Stack: .NET
Version: 6
Region: East US
Operating System: Windows
Hosting options and Plans: Consumption(Services)

5.Click on Review and Create

6.Click on create and wait for the deployment process to complete

7.Go to Resource and click on Function

8.Click on create

9.Scroll down to select a Template to choose a Trigger. Here I will choose HTTP Trigger which is a trigger that can be tested in a web browser

Scroll further down to the New function Name.I will leave this at default i.e.HTTP Trigger 1

Click on Create

10.Click on "Code + Test" and scroll down on the window that comes up to know what the Trigger required to add to the function URL when copied to the browser.