A C# / Azure Functions implementation of the API for https://www.theurlist.com
The backend for this project was built as a serverless API using Azure Functions and .NET. All the data is stored in a Cosmos DB collection using the SQL API.
Navigate into backend folder
cd /src/LinkyLink
Build the project
dotnet build
Rename the local.settings.sample.json
file to local.settings.json
Linux & MacOS
mv local.settings.sample.json local.settings.json
Windows command line
REN local.settings.sample.json local.settings.json
Update the local.settings.json
file with your Application Insights key to the APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY
setting. You could also just remove this if you don't want to use Application Inisghts.
Create an a Cosmos DB instance in Azure using the SQL API. Update the local.settings.json
file with your Cosmos DB connection string in the LinkLinkConnection
settings. This database will initially be empty. If you try out the API with Postman (see below), the collection and sample documents will be created for you automatically. Otherwise it's structure will be created when you create your first list through the frontend.
Start the function via the command line
func start
Alternatively, start a debuging session in Visual Studio
or Visual Studio Code
.
theurlist_collection.json
file that's in the backend
foldertheurlist_localhost_env.json
file. That includes the Localhost environment settings.Localhost
Save Bundle
to add some data to Cosmos DB. The structure (collection, documents, etc.) in the database will be created for you if it does not exsist yet. Next run Get bundle for vanity url
to retrieve the entry you just created.If everything was setup correctly, your should see a response that resembles the following.