Azure Logic Apps: Connectors for Everything

Popular Connectors

Category	Connectors
Microsoft	Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, Teams
Data	SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Azure Blob, Excel
Communication	Outlook, Twilio, SendGrid, Slack
Social	Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
Enterprise	SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow

Basic Workflow

{
    "definition": {
        "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2016-06-01/workflowdefinition.json#",
        "triggers": {
            "When_a_new_email_arrives": {
                "type": "ApiConnection",
                "inputs": {
                    "host": {
                        "connection": {
                            "name": "@parameters('$connections')['office365']['connectionId']"
                        }
                    },
                    "method": "get",
                    "path": "/v2/Mail/OnNewEmail"
                }
            }
        },
        "actions": {
            "Send_Teams_message": {
                "type": "ApiConnection",
                "inputs": {
                    "body": {
                        "body": {
                            "content": "New email from @{triggerBody()?['from']}"
                        }
                    },
                    "host": {
                        "connection": {
                            "name": "@parameters('$connections')['teams']['connectionId']"
                        }
                    },
                    "method": "post",
                    "path": "/v3/beta/teams/@{encodeURIComponent('team-id')}/channels/@{encodeURIComponent('channel-id')}/messages"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

HTTP Triggers

Accept webhooks from any source.

{
    "triggers": {
        "manual": {
            "type": "Request",
            "kind": "Http",
            "inputs": {
                "schema": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                        "orderId": { "type": "string" },
                        "amount": { "type": "number" }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Conditions and Loops

{
    "actions": {
        "Condition": {
            "type": "If",
            "expression": {
                "and": [
                    {
                        "greater": ["@triggerBody()?['amount']", 1000]
                    }
                ]
            },
            "actions": {
                "Send_approval_email": { }
            },
            "else": {
                "actions": {
                    "Auto_approve": { }
                }
            }
        },
        "For_each_item": {
            "type": "Foreach",
            "foreach": "@triggerBody()?['items']",
            "actions": {
                "Process_item": { }
            }
        }
    }
}

SQL Connector

{
    "Get_rows": {
        "type": "ApiConnection",
        "inputs": {
            "host": {
                "connection": {
                    "name": "@parameters('$connections')['sql']['connectionId']"
                }
            },
            "method": "get",
            "path": "/datasets/default/tables/@{encodeURIComponent('Orders')}/items",
            "queries": {
                "$filter": "Status eq 'Pending'"
            }
        }
    },
    "Insert_row": {
        "type": "ApiConnection",
        "inputs": {
            "body": {
                "OrderId": "@triggerBody()?['orderId']",
                "Status": "Processed",
                "ProcessedDate": "@utcNow()"
            },
            "host": {
                "connection": {
                    "name": "@parameters('$connections')['sql']['connectionId']"
                }
            },
            "method": "post",
            "path": "/datasets/default/tables/@{encodeURIComponent('ProcessedOrders')}/items"
        }
    }
}

Custom Connectors

Create connectors for your APIs.

# OpenAPI definition for custom connector
swagger: "2.0"
info:
  title: "My Custom API"
  version: "1.0"
host: "api.mycompany.com"
schemes: ["https"]
paths:
  /orders:
    get:
      summary: "Get orders"
      operationId: "GetOrders"
      responses:
        200:
          description: "Success"
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: "#/definitions/Order"
definitions:
  Order:
    type: object
    properties:
      id:
        type: string
      total:
        type: number

Enterprise Integration

┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
│ Salesforce  │────▶│ Logic App   │────▶│ Dynamics    │
│  (Trigger)  │     │ (Transform) │     │   365       │
└─────────────┘     └─────────────┘     └─────────────┘
                           │
                           ▼
                    ┌─────────────┐
                    │  ServiceNow │
                    │  (Ticket)   │
                    └─────────────┘

Logic Apps is the integration glue for enterprise systems.