[FIXED] How to pass parameters by POST to an Azure function?

Issue

I'm trying to do a simple Azure Function to learn about it. There will be 3 functions:

• 1 function to insert a row into a table of a database. This table will contain the current date and a string parameters typed by the user and passed by GET.
• 1 function similar to the previous one, but passing the parameter by POST.
• 1 function to read the table and show its content.

I've been able to do the first and the third ones. But I can't pass the parameter by POST. I've looked for examples but I couldn't run them with success. The client app is a Windows Forms one.

Could anyone show me an example anout how to pass parameters by POST to the function and how to read them?

Thank's in advance

EDIT:

Here's the code to pass the parameters by GET (this is working fine):

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string cadena = lsql1.Text + "?notas=" + tNotas.Text;

    try
    {
        HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(cadena);
        HttpWebResponse res = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();

        if (res.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Grabado");
        }
        else
        {
            MessageBox.Show(res.StatusDescription);
        }
    }catch (WebException ex)
    {
        using (Stream s = ex.Response.GetResponseStream())
        {
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s);
            string text = sr.ReadToEnd();
            text = text.Substring(1, text.Length - 2);
            sr.Close();
            text = text.Replace("\\", "");
            text = "{" + text + "}";
            Error mensajeError = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Error>(text);

            MessageBox.Show(mensajeError.ExceptionMessage);
        }

    }
}

And here's the code to receive it and do the insert (this is working too):

[FunctionName("sql1")]
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run(HttpRequestMessage req, TraceWriter log)
{
    try
    {
        log.Info("C# HTTP trigger function processed a request.");

        var cnnString = "Server=SERVIDOR;Database=base_prueba;User ID =azure;Password=0000;Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=False;";

        using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(cnnString))
        {
            connection.Open();
            SqlCommand cmd = connection.CreateCommand();

            DateTime fecha = DateTime.Today;

            string notas = req.GetQueryNameValuePairs()
            .FirstOrDefault(q => string.Compare(q.Key, "notas", true) == 0)
            .Value;

            // insert a log to the database
            cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO Prueba_Azure (fecha, notas) VALUES ('" + fecha.ToString() + "', '" + notas + "')";
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        }

        // Get request body
        dynamic data = await req.Content.ReadAsAsync<object>();

        return name == req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, "Done");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        HttpResponseMessage res = req.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError, ex);
        return res;
    }
}

What I'm looking for is to to this by POST

Solution

To get the request content from the request body(post request), you could use req.Content.ReadAsAsync method. Here is the code sample.

Sample request body.

{
    "name": "Azure"
}

Define a class to deserialize the post data.

public class PostData
{
    public string name { get;set; }    
}

Get the post data and display it.

PostData data = await req.Content.ReadAsAsync<PostData>();
log.Info("name:" + data.name);

Client side code to send the post request.

HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("function-url");
req.Method = "POST";
req.ContentType = "application/json";
Stream stream = req.GetRequestStream();
string json = "{\"name\": \"Azure\" }";
byte[] buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
stream.Write(buffer,0, buffer.Length);
HttpWebResponse res = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();

Answered By - Amor

Answer Checked By - Terry (PHPFixing Volunteer)