Testing Azure functions

The Azure Functions runtime allows us to create and integrate many Azure services. At the time of writing, there are more than 20 types of Azure function that you can create. This recipe will explain how to test the most common Azure functions; we'll look at the following:

• Testing HTTP triggers using Postman
• Testing a blob trigger using Azure Storage Explorer
• Testing a queue trigger using the Azure portal

Getting ready

Install the following tools if you haven't already done so:

• Postman: This is a tool that will allow you to make calls to APIs. You can download this from https://www.getpostman.com/.
• Azure Storage Explorer: You can use Storage Explorer to connect to your storage accounts and view all the data available from different storage services, such as blobs, queues, tables, and files. You can also create, update, and delete them directly from Storage Explorer. You can download this from http://storageexplorer...