Trigger, Bindings, and Route parameters in AzureJobs
We recently an alpha for WebJobs SDK (aka AzureJobs , and internally codenamed “SimpleBatch”). In this blog entry, I wanted to explain how Triggers, Bindings, and Route Parameters worked in AzureJobs....
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Azure Storage Bindings Part 1 – Blobs
The Azure WebJobs SDK provides model binding between C# BCL types and Azure storage like Blobs, Tables, and Queues. The SDK has a JobHost object which reflects over the functions in your assembly. So...
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Azure Storage Bindings Part 2 – Queues
I previously described how the Azure Webjobs SDK can bind to Blobs. This entry describes binding to Azure Queues. (Binding to Service Bus Queues is not yet implemented) You can see some more...
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Who wrote that blob?
One of my favorite features of the Azure WebJobs SDK is the “Who wrote this blob?” feature. This is a common debugging scenario: you see your output is incorrect (in this case, a blob) and you’re...
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Azure Storage Bindings Part 3 – Tables
This blog post was made during the early previews of the SDK. Some of the features/ APIs have changed. For thelatest documentation on WebJobs SDK, please see this link...
View ArticleHow does [BlobInput] work?
The Azure WebJobs SDK supports running functions when a new blob is added. IE, you can write code like this: public static void CopyWithStream( [BlobInput("container/in/{name}")] Stream input,...
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Hosting interactive code in the Cloud
Azure WebJobs SDK alpha 2 makes it very easy to host code in the cloud and run it interactively. You can now invoke your SDK functions directly from the dashboard. Some great uses here: Provide admin...
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Redis Cache Service on Azure
We just previewed a Redis cache service on Azure. A good writeup is also on ScottGu’s blog. This is Redis hosted within azure as service. You can create a cache via the portal, and then access it via...
View ArticleAzure Storage Naming Rules
I constantly get burned by naming rules for azure storage. Here’s a collection of the naming rules from MSDN. The Storage client libraries don’t help you with these rules and just give you a 400 if you...
View ArticleWebjobs SDK Beta is released
We just released the WebJobs SDK Beta! Some highlights: ServiceBus support! Better configuration options. You can pass in an ITypeLocator to specify which types are indexed, and an INameResolver to...
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