timer-api-call-example

var https = require('https');

module.exports = function (context, myTimer) {
    //get a random number
    var rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * 8);
    //call SWAPI films API with random number
    https.get("https://swapi.co/api/films/" + rand +"/", (resp) => {
            let data = '';
 
            // A chunk of data has been recieved.
            resp.on('data', (chunk) => {
                data += chunk;
            });
 
            // The whole response has been received. Print out the result.
            resp.on('end', () => {
                var myObj = JSON.parse(data);
                context.log(myObj.title);
                context.log(myObj.opening_crawl);          
            });
        }).on("error", (err) => {
            context.log("Error: " + err.message);
        });

    var timeStamp = new Date().toISOString();
    
    if(myTimer.isPastDue)
    {
        context.log('JavaScript is running late!');
    }
    context.log('JavaScript timer trigger function ran!', timeStamp);   
    
    context.done();
};