Debug Azure Functions with timer triggers locally
I recently saw a blog post on how to debug Azure Functions which run on something like a timer trigger. As you must wait for the timer to kick off, it is har...
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Different ways to return a collection from a REST API
Returning a collection of data in a REST API can take various forms, but there are some standards and specifications that help you to take the most out of it...
Monitoring options for API Management
Monitoring your API Management operations is important. It gives you insight in the usage, the load and performance. But also helps you troubleshoot issues a...
How to allow teams to use API Management while staying secure and compliant
Are you working with Azure Api Management in your organization? Do you let your feature teams deploy APIs from their pipelines? If so, how do you make sure t...
What is the QUERY HTTP verb all about
Did you ever hear about the QUERY HTTP verb in your REST API? You might know the GET and POST, but when to use the newly proposed QUERY method? First; why ar...
Use job summaries in GitHub Actions to generate a list of releases
GitHub has a new nice feature to create job summaries for your actions. It allows you to generate markdown from your workflow that is rendered in the GitHub ...
Trace and log an amazon correlation id retrieved from another party in API Management
A correlation Id is a great way to track requests over multiple boundaries and aids in troubleshooting. When you get an identifier from another party, it can...
Use Bicep to add rate limit representation to an API Management operation
In a previous blog post I showed how to roll out a definition for an API management operation using Bicep. Recently I added functionality for rate limiting s...
Remove conflict (409) failures from Application Insights when using CreateIfNotExistsAsync calls
Application Insights is not only an excellent tool to see what your application is doing, but it also shows you how your dependencies are behaving. There is ...
Use different rate-limiting options in Azure API Management for business and non-business hours
Using API Management in front of your application has many benefits; one is using rate limiting. Rate limiting is a way to limit the number of requests that ...