How to add configuration values in AppSettings.json in Azure functions. Is there any structure for it?

Question

What is the standard structure to add keys to appsettings.json? Also, how to read those values in our run.csx? Normally in app.config, we had Con

Answer 1

To load the environment or appsettings value you need to use the

System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable property

public static void Run(TimerInfo myTimer, TraceWriter log)
{
    log.Info($"C# Timer trigger function executed at: {DateTime.Now}");
    log.Info(GetEnvironmentVariable("AzureWebJobsStorage"));
    log.Info(GetEnvironmentVariable("WEBSITE_SITE_NAME"));
}

public static string GetEnvironmentVariable(string name)
{
    return name + ": " + 
        System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(name, EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);
}

Manage app settings variables - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-how-to-use-azure-function-app-settings