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We’ll be creating an Azure function to host the GetAndPrintEid function in eidtools.py - to do this we need pycrypto.Ĭan’t wait? Dive in and get the sample project here Step 1.
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How to run eidtools.py using pycrypto on Azure Functions It relies on the popular pycrypto extension module, so we’ll also need to get that installed for the script to run. There’s nothing better than a concrete example so I will show you how to get a function from eidtools.py script running on Azure Functions. A Wheel is a precompiled extension module which can be uploaded along with the package - if a package doesn’t have a Wheel, you can create one yourself on your local machine so your Azure Function instance doesn’t have to. You precompile it, Python supports a concept called “Wheels”.
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Go on then, how do I install the extension module? This is because Azure App services does not have the capability to compile the module on install. However, because local tooling is required for compiling and installing extension modules when you try install a Python extension module on Azure Functions you will get an error. This isn’t a bad reflection on Python, in the Python universe each machine can be different so a binary compiled on one machine might not run on another which leads to this culture of distributing source code. Personally I’ve found Python packaging to be pretty complex compared to the likes of NuGet or NPM - mainly due to the local compiling steps involved, and probably my inexperience on the platform. Windows users have probably stumbled across the difference when installing modules and run into the super cryptic “unable to find vcvarsall.bat” error if they don’t have the capability to compile the native code portion of the module.
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These modules wrap up native platform specific code rather than Python, most commonly C. Python supports a concept called “extension modules” or “native modules”. Wait a minute, how can a Python module add functionality that can’t be achieved by writing the Python yourself?! One of the best things about Python is its packaging system - it adds a whole bunch of functionality to the language which in some cases is completely impossible.
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So when I wanted to do a bit of work with the Google Eddystone beacon format it was a natural fit as I just needed to quickly run a few Python methods - given the example code Google provides is in Python. An awesome feature of Azure Functions is its ability to run a wide range of languages, C#, F#, Node.js, Python, PHP, batch, bash, Java, or any executable.