Prerequisite Python v10 or higher Azure CosmosDB for Table database connection string Azure CLI Install azure-functions-core-tools npm install -g azure-functions-core-tools Setup Clone repository git clone https://github.com/gabbyTI/python-counter-api.git Initialize the azure function to create the cd python-counter-api func init Install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt Add connection string and table name to the local.settings.json file(this is created after the 2nd steps) { ... "Values": { ... "conn_str": "your connection string", "table_name": "your table name" } } Running Azure Function Locally Login to Azure az login Start the azure function locally func start -p 7071