This is a solution for Day 21 of the 25 Days of Serverless.

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To run the solution locally, be sure you have installed:

• Azure Functions Core Tools
• .NET Core 2.2 or later
• Azure Storage Emulator

Helpful, "good to have":

• Postman, or
• HTTP-REPL

1. Fork the repo (optional)
2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/JeremyLikness/durable-registry.git (change to your forked repo if necessary)
3. Navigate to the src directory
4. Add a local.settings.json and configure it to use the emulator:

   {
           "IsEncrypted": false,
           "Values": {
                   "AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true",
                   "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "dotnet"
           }
   }

5. Restore, build, and publish the app in one step, execute dotnet publish
6. Change to the publish directory: cd bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.2\publish
7. Copy the local settings: cp ../../../../local.settings.json .
8. Start the Azure Storage Emulator
9. Launch the functions app: func host start

You can access the APIs directly from your browser or by using your favorite REST client tool (I prefer HTTP-REPL, listed above). All of the solution endpoints use the GET verb to make the example as easy as possible to use.

http(s)://{endpoint}/api/Open

This will return a unique id. You have 5 minutes from the time you open a registry to add items and/or close it. A closed or timed out registry will not accept new entries.

http(s)://{endpoint}/api/Add/{id}?item={item name}

You will receive 200 - OK if the registry is valid and open.

http(s)://{endpoint}/api/Finish/{id}

Once closed, you can no longer add items to the registry.

https(s)://{endpoint}/api/Peek/{id}

If a valid registry id is passed, this will return the status (open or closed) and items in the registry.

http(s)://{endpoint}/api/Stats

This will show a count of all registries (open and closed) and a total count of items across all registries.

You can learn more about the solution by reading the related blog post.

👉 Free Durable Functions Hands-on Lab

👉 Durable Functions Documentation

👉 Function Entities Documentation

Regards,