Azure Functions how to add application settings to bindings

Question

I\'m trying to add some custom binding using my app settings for my Azure Function. I need to receive only string a string from my settings.

I would like to get

Answer 1

I already found the solution. Just add:

using System.Configuration;

and add this line to code with the key ("simpleValue") value:

ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["simpleValue"]

Answer 2

App Settings configurations can be referred in binding json as %MY_CUSTOM_CONFIG% - enclosed within percent symbols.

Note that the connection property of triggers and bindings is a special case and automatically resolves values as app settings, without percent signs. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-triggers-bindings