apollo server azure functions example does not work

[andyce1010]

I have followed these steps to try and get an azure function working:

1. Created an new azure function
2. Pasted in the example code from:
   https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/servers/azure-functions.html#GraphQL
3. Used the Kudu control to install the npm dependancies for apollo-server-azure-functions and graphql-tools.

I have Run the function with the following as the post body:
{
rands {
id
rand
}
}

But the function throws a 500 error with the following:
2018-06-04T14:19:49.373 [Error] Exception while executing function: Functions.HttpTriggerJS1. mscorlib: SyntaxError: Unexpected token r in JSON at position 9
at Object.parse (native)
at graphqlHandler (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\apollo-server-azure-functions\dist\azureFunctionsApollo.js:20:39)
at run (D:\home\site\wwwroot\HttpTriggerJS1\index.js:31:36)
at D:\Program Files (x86)\SiteExtensions\Functions\1.0.11702\bin\azurefunctions\functions.js:106:24.

Have I missed a step, or is something broken in the example?

[evans]

@andyce1010 Apologies for the long overdue response. Did you end up resolving the issue? We're working towards AS2, so I'm curious your status and how we'll have to update for #1088

Joining the Apollo Slack https://www.apollographql.com/slack should get you a faster answer in the future

[evans]

I'm going to close this, since it hasn't had any updates and the example doesn't seem to be broken

[simonaco]

@evans clicking on https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/servers/azure-functions.html#GraphQL gives me Page Not found
Looks like you've followed a broken link or entered a URL that doesn't exist on this site.. Also the npm package for Azure Functions (https://www.npmjs.com/package/apollo-server-azure-functions) links to a non-existent package.

[andyce1010]

@evans Apologies for the late reply. I never did get it working, and I've moved on to something else now unfortunately.

[evans]

@simonaco Thanks for pointing that out! https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/v1/servers/azure-functions.html#GraphQL is where you'll find the version 1 documentation. That's odd, I see a package at https://www.npmjs.com/package/apollo-server-azure-functions at version 1.4.0. npm show apollo-server-azure-functions versions appears to agree. If you run into more issues, please open another issue

[simonaco]

thanks @evans! on the npm package page if you try to navigate to the repository it will take you to this link https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/tree/master/packages/apollo-server-azure-functions which returns a 404.

[eric-kimbrel]

It looks like it was removed on this commit 40f9a49

[simonaco]

thanks @eric-kimbrel