1.0.0-Preview 3

This is a bug fix release to resolve some issues discovered in Preview 2

• Resolved issues caused by missing appsettings bindings. Property bindings for appsettings now use the AppSetting resolver vs the AutoResolver so %% are no longer required for appsettings names for properties

• BREAKING CHANGE - BlobStorageConnection has now been renamed to BlobStorageAccount to bring in line with existing naming schemes for out of the box bindings.

1.0.0-Preview 2

• Added additional binding support to bind directly to the various cognitive services models without having to use use a given client binding. Must be used in conjunction with blob storage or an image url . Client binding still available for more complex scenarios. See getting started guide for usage.

• Images will now automatically be resized for requests with images > 4mb in size (limitation of Cognitive Services). This features is driven by the awesome ImageSharp a .net core graphics library.

• Additional file validation & bug fixes

• Validated against the latest Azure Functions 2.0 runtime (2.0.11888)

• Nuget has been updated with the latest version available at https://www.nuget.org/packages/AzureFunctions.Extensions.CognitiveServices/1.0.0-preview2

1.0.0-Preview (Initial Preview Release)

This is the initial preview release of the Azure Function Extensions for Cognitive Services (AFECS).

• Support for Computer Vision APIs including:
  • Image Analysis
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • Handwriting
  • Celebrity and Landmark Analysis
  • Thumbnail Generation
• Intuitive, strongly typed, easy to use API
• Support for automatic retry policies for throttled requests (via Polly.Net)
• Simplify the execution of asynchronous Cognitive Services APIs such as Handwriting analysis
• Support for Key Vault storage of Cognitive Services Keys
• Additional Exception, Warning, Information, and Metrics Logging