Azure Event Hubs trigger for Azure Functions

The Python v2 programming model lets you define bindings using decorators directly in your Python function code. For more information, see the Python developer guide.

The Python v1 programming model requires you to define bindings in a separate function.json file in the function folder. For more information, see the Python developer guide.

The following example shows a C# function that logs the message body of the Event Hubs trigger.

[FunctionName("EventHubTriggerCSharp")]
public void Run([EventHubTrigger("samples-workitems", Connection = "EventHubConnectionAppSetting")] string myEventHubMessage, ILogger log)
{
    log.LogInformation($"C# function triggered to process a message: {myEventHubMessage}");
}

To get access to event metadata in function code, bind to an EventData object. You can also access the same properties by using binding expressions in the method signature. The following example shows both ways to get the same data:

[FunctionName("EventHubTriggerCSharp")]
public void Run(
    [EventHubTrigger("samples-workitems", Connection = "EventHubConnectionAppSetting")] EventData myEventHubMessage,
    DateTime enqueuedTimeUtc,
    Int64 sequenceNumber,
    string offset,
    ILogger log)
{
    log.LogInformation($"Event: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(myEventHubMessage.Body)}");
    // Metadata accessed by binding to EventData
    log.LogInformation($"EnqueuedTimeUtc={myEventHubMessage.SystemProperties.EnqueuedTimeUtc}");
    log.LogInformation($"SequenceNumber={myEventHubMessage.SystemProperties.SequenceNumber}");
    log.LogInformation($"Offset={myEventHubMessage.SystemProperties.Offset}");
    // Metadata accessed by using binding expressions in method parameters
    log.LogInformation($"EnqueuedTimeUtc={enqueuedTimeUtc}");
    log.LogInformation($"SequenceNumber={sequenceNumber}");
    log.LogInformation($"Offset={offset}");
}

To receive events in a batch, make string or EventData an array.

[FunctionName("EventHubTriggerCSharp")]
public void Run([EventHubTrigger("samples-workitems", Connection = "EventHubConnectionAppSetting")] EventData[] eventHubMessages, ILogger log)
{
    foreach (var message in eventHubMessages)
    {
        log.LogInformation($"C# function triggered to process a message: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(message.Body)}");
        log.LogInformation($"EnqueuedTimeUtc={message.SystemProperties.EnqueuedTimeUtc}");
    }
}

The following example shows a C# function that is triggered based on an event hub, where the input message string is written to the logs:

        [Function("EventHubsFunction")]
        [EventHubOutput("dest", Connection = "EventHubConnectionAppSetting")]
        public static string Run([EventHubTrigger("src", Connection = "EventHubConnectionAppSetting")] string[] input,
            FunctionContext context)
        {
            var logger = context.GetLogger("EventHubsFunction");

            logger.LogInformation($"First Event Hubs triggered message: {input[0]}");

            var message = $"Output message created at {DateTime.Now}";
            return message;
        }

The following example shows an Event Hubs trigger binding in a function.json file and a C# script function that uses the binding. The function logs the message body of the Event Hubs trigger.

The following examples show Event Hubs binding data in the function.json file for Functions runtime version 2.x and later versions.

{
  "type": "eventHubTrigger",
  "name": "myEventHubMessage",
  "direction": "in",
  "eventHubName": "MyEventHub",
  "connection": "myEventHubReadConnectionAppSetting"
}

Here's the C# script code:

using System;

public static void Run(string myEventHubMessage, TraceWriter log)
{
    log.Info($"C# function triggered to process a message: {myEventHubMessage}");
}

To get access to event metadata in function code, bind to an EventData object. You can also access the same properties by using binding expressions in the method signature. The following example shows both ways to get the same data:

#r "Microsoft.Azure.EventHubs"

using System.Text;
using System;
using Microsoft.ServiceBus.Messaging;
using Microsoft.Azure.EventHubs;

public void Run(EventData myEventHubMessage,
    DateTime enqueuedTimeUtc,
    Int64 sequenceNumber,
    string offset,
    TraceWriter log)
{
    log.Info($"Event: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(myEventHubMessage.Body)}");
    log.Info($"EnqueuedTimeUtc={myEventHubMessage.SystemProperties.EnqueuedTimeUtc}");
    log.Info($"SequenceNumber={myEventHubMessage.SystemProperties.SequenceNumber}");
    log.Info($"Offset={myEventHubMessage.SystemProperties.Offset}");

    // Metadata accessed by using binding expressions
    log.Info($"EnqueuedTimeUtc={enqueuedTimeUtc}");
    log.Info($"SequenceNumber={sequenceNumber}");
    log.Info($"Offset={offset}");
}

To receive events in a batch, make string or EventData an array:

public static void Run(string[] eventHubMessages, TraceWriter log)
{
    foreach (var message in eventHubMessages)
    {
        log.Info($"C# function triggered to process a message: {message}");
    }
}

{
  "type": "eventHubTrigger",
  "name": "myEventHubMessage",
  "direction": "in",
  "eventHubName": "MyEventHub",
  "connection": "myEventHubReadConnectionAppSetting"
}

{
  "type": "eventHubTrigger",
  "name": "myEventHubMessage",
  "direction": "in",
  "path": "MyEventHub",
  "connection": "myEventHubReadConnectionAppSetting"
}

{
  "type": "eventHubTrigger",
  "name": "eventHubMessages",
  "direction": "in",
  "eventHubName": "MyEventHub",
  "cardinality": "many",
  "connection": "myEventHubReadConnectionAppSetting"
}

{
  "type": "eventHubTrigger",
  "name": "eventHubMessages",
  "direction": "in",
  "path": "MyEventHub",
  "cardinality": "many",
  "connection": "myEventHubReadConnectionAppSetting"
}

import logging
import azure.functions as func

app = func.FunctionApp()

@app.function_name(name="EventHubTrigger1")
@app.event_hub_message_trigger(arg_name="myhub", 
                               event_hub_name="<EVENT_HUB_NAME>",
                               connection="<CONNECTION_SETTING>") 
def test_function(myhub: func.EventHubEvent):
    logging.info('Python EventHub trigger processed an event: %s',
                myhub.get_body().decode('utf-8'))

The following examples show Event Hubs binding data in the function.json file.

{
  "type": "eventHubTrigger",
  "name": "event",
  "direction": "in",
  "eventHubName": "MyEventHub",
  "connection": "myEventHubReadConnectionAppSetting"
}

Here's the Python code:

import logging
import azure.functions as func


def main(event: func.EventHubEvent):
    logging.info(f'Function triggered to process a message: {event.get_body().decode()}')
    logging.info(f'  EnqueuedTimeUtc = {event.enqueued_time}')
    logging.info(f'  SequenceNumber = {event.sequence_number}')
    logging.info(f'  Offset = {event.offset}')

    # Metadata
    for key in event.metadata:
        logging.info(f'Metadata: {key} = {event.metadata[key]}')

In C# class libraries, use the EventHubTriggerAttribute, which supports the following properties.

Use the EventHubTriggerAttribute to define a trigger on an event hub, which supports the following properties.

In-process C# class library functions supports the following types:

• Azure.Messaging.EventHubs.EventData
• String
• Byte array
• Plain-old CLR object (POCO)

This version of EventData drops support for the legacy Body type in favor of EventBody.

In-process C# class library functions supports the following types:

• Microsoft.Azure.EventHubs.EventData
• String
• Byte array
• Plain-old CLR object (POCO)

Requires you to define a custom type, or use a string.

Requires you to define a custom type, or use a string.

C# script functions support the following types:

• Azure.Messaging.EventHubs.EventData
• String
• Byte array
• Plain-old CLR object (POCO)

This version of EventData drops support for the legacy Body type in favor of EventBody.

C# script functions support the following types:

• Microsoft.Azure.EventHubs.EventData
• String
• Byte array
• Plain-old CLR object (POCO)