How do I return JSON from an Azure Function

Question

I am playing with Azure Functions. However, I feel like I\'m stumped on something pretty simple. I\'m trying to figure out how to return some basic JSON. I\'m not sure how to cr

Answer 1

Here's a full example of an Azure function returning a properly formatted JSON object instead of XML:

#r "Newtonsoft.Json"
using System.Net;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Text;

public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run(HttpRequestMessage req, TraceWriter log)
{
    var myObj = new {name = "thomas", location = "Denver"};
    var jsonToReturn = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myObj);

    return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
        Content = new StringContent(jsonToReturn, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
    };
}

Navigate to the endpoint in a browser and you will see:

{
  "name": "thomas",
  "location": "Denver"
}