Azure Functions Nuget Packages and the dot Net Framework

Using Nuget and the .NET Framework in our Azure Functions is easy and straight forward. We can give our Azure functions alot of power and functionality.

Using the .NET Framework

For framework assemblies, add references by using the #r "AssemblyName" directive.

For example if we want to use System.Data.SqlClient we would need to add a #r directive to the top of our code like this

#r "System.Data"

using System.Data.SqlClient;

This will allow us to use the SQLClient libarary of the .net framework.

Adding Nuget

If you are wondering where to get started check out our Azure Functions Getting Started

In our Function we need to add a "project.json" file. Go to View Files and add a new file and name it project.json

In our Project.json we want to add the following

{
  "frameworks": 
    {  
      "net46":
      { 
        "dependencies":
        {
          "Newtonsoft.Json": "10.0.3"
        }
      }
    }
}

This will load the nuget package of Newtonsoft Json into our function.

Then in our code we just reference

using Newtonsoft.Json;

And now we can use our Nuget package in our Azure Function.