Azure Logic Apps is an integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) developed by Microsoft. With an innovative visual designer, you can build workflows that integrate different services without having to write any code.
Whether you're a new or a seasoned integration developer, you can use templates as a quick starting points for creating workflows. Azure Logic Apps offers a wide range and variety of predefined templates, but you can also contribute to the template gallary.
To start developing templates for Azure Logic Apps, you need these items:
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An active Azure subscription so you can test templates in Azure Logic Apps.
If you don't have a subscription, you can start with a free Azure account, or sign up for a Pay-As-You-Go subscription.
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A GitHub account so you that can submit pull requests for your proposed changes
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Fiddler so that you can redirect network traffic to test your new templates
| Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
id |
The template ID, ends with a GUID | "/providers/Microsoft.Logic/galleries/public/templates/{guid}" |
name |
The same GUID that you used for id |
"{guid}" |
type |
Indicates that this template is for Logic Apps | Microsoft.Logic/galleries/templates |
properties.author |
The template's author name | "Jane Doe" |
properties.categoryNames |
The collection of categories where the template appears. Possible values: "enterprise_integration", "schedule","producitivity","social","sync", and "general" |
["enterprise_integration", "sync"] |
properties.description |
The template's text description | "A useful template" |
properties.displayName |
The template name shown in template gallery | "Sync CRM with SQL" |
properties.definition |
The template's workflow definition | See below |
properties.connectionReferences |
The connection references for the connector used in the template | See below |
properties.apiSummaries |
The collection of connections referenced in the template and shown in template gallery | |
properties.changedTime |
The timestamp for when the template was updated | "2017-07-05T00:00:52.000Z |
properties.createTime |
The timestamp for when the template was created | "2017-07-05T00:00:52.000Z |
properties.popularity |
The template's popularity, always use 99 when submitting a new template |
99 |
properties.definition is an object that defines and contains the logic app workflow.
| Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
$schema |
The schema of the workflow definition language | "https://schema.management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Logic/schemas/2016-06-01/workflowdefinition.json#" |
actions |
The actions for the Logic App template | "{guid}" |
parameters |
Empty connection parameter object to be filled | {"$connections": {"defaultValue": {}, "type": "Object"} |
triggers |
The trigger for the Logic App template | |
contentVersion |
Always set this value to "1.0.0.0" |
"1.0.0.0" |
outputs |
The logic app's output, which you can leave empty |
properties.connectionReferences tells Logic Apps which connector to use for the specified actions in the workflow.
| Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
{connectionName} |
The connection's name and referenced by properties.definition.actions.input.host.connection |
"azurequeues" |
{connectionName}.connection |
The connection created by the template user | {"id": ""} |
{connectionName}.api |
Identifies the connector used and is found under $connections.value.{connectionName}.id for your logic app. Make sure to replace your Azure subscription ID and region with placeholders |
/subscriptions/{0}/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/{1}/managedApis/azurequeues |
properties.apiSummaries determines how your template appears in the template gallery.
| Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
[].type |
The connection's type and found under definition.actions.{action}.type |
"ApiConnection" |
[].displayName |
The connector's name | "Dropbox" |
[].iconUri |
The connector's icon | "https://az818438.vo.msecnd.net/icons/dropbox.png" |
[].brandColor |
The hex value for the brand color | "#007ee5" |
To find the icon and brand color values, you can use the Document Object Model (DOM) Explorer. Or, if you have trouble finding these values, feel free to leave these properties empty. We can help you fill in these values.
To get started, first build your logic app with the Logic Apps Designer. You can then create a template more easily and quickly after you get your logic app working. Depending on your logic app's complexity, you have several options:
- Manually edit your logic app in Logic App Code View.
- Download your logic app into Visual Studio by using Cloud Explorer.
- Run the Logic Apps template creator script.
After you create your logic app template, you can plug the template into the sample template file, add other required metadata, and you're good to go.
When you're ready, add your template to the manifest.json file so that Logic Apps can index and render the template.
For the easiest experience when testing your template, redirect traffic by using Fidder. You can use this script, which redirects all traffic to the Logic Apps repository to your own fork instead:
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Start Fiddler.
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Launch Fiddler ScriptEditor by pressing Ctrl + R.
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Find the
OnBeforeRequestmethod. Add this code to that method:if (oSession.url.StartsWith("raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/logicapps")) { oSession.url.Replace("Azure", "{replace with your GitHub username}"); }
After the Fiddler URL rewrite finishes setting up, you can browse to the Azure portal, run a logic app, browse to the "Template" page, and see your changes.
You can write the template text in any language that you choose. To vote for localization support, upvote this UserVoice suggestion suggestion.
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