For a second Proof of Concept (PoC) I wanted to upload sensor data from my MQTT LoRa Telemetry Field Gateway to an Azure IoT Hub, then using Azure EventGrid subscribe to the stream of telemetry data events, logging the payloads in Azure Application Insights (the aim was minimal code so no database etc.).

The first step was to create and deploy a simple Azure Function for unpacking the telemetry event payload.

Then wire the Azure function to the Microsoft.Devices.Device.Telemetry Event Type

On the Windows 10 IoT Core device in the Event Tracing Window(ETW) logging on the device I could see LoRa messages arriving and being unpacked.

Then in Application Insights after some mucking around with code I could see in a series of Trace statements the event payload as it was unpacked.

{"id":"29108ebf-e5d5-7b95-e739-7d9048209d53","topic":"/SUBSCRIPTIONS/12345678-9012-3456-7890-123456789012/RESOURCEGROUPS/AZUREIOTHUBEVENTGRIDAZUREFUNCTION/PROVIDERS/MICROSOFT.DEVICES/IOTHUBS/FIELDGATEWAYHUB",
"subject":"devices/MQTTNetClient",
"eventType":"Microsoft.Devices.DeviceTelemetry",
"eventTime":"2020-02-01T04:30:51.427Z",
"data":
{
 "properties":{},
"systemProperties":{"iothub-connection-device-id":"MQTTNetClient","iothub-connection-auth-method":"{\"scope\":\"device\",\"type\":\"sas\",\"issuer\":\"iothub\",\"acceptingIpFilterRule\":null}",
"iothub-connection-auth-generation-id":"637149890997219611",
"iothub-enqueuedtime":"2020-02-01T04:30:51.427Z",
"iothub-message-source":"Telemetry"
},
"body":"eyJPZmZpY2VUZW1wZXJhdHVyZSI6IjIyLjUiLCJPZmZpY2VIdW1pZGl0eSI6IjkyIn0="
},
"dataVersion":"",
"metadataVersion":"1"
}

Then in the last log entry the decoded message payload

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    SOFTWARE

    Default URL for triggering event grid function in the local environment.
    http://localhost:7071/runtime/webhooks/EventGrid?functionName=functionname
 */
namespace EventGridProcessorAzureIotHub
{
   using System;
   using System.IO;
   using System.Reflection;

   using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs;
   using Microsoft.Azure.EventGrid.Models;
   using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.EventGrid;

   using log4net;
   using log4net.Config;
   using Newtonsoft.Json;

   public static class Telemetry
    {
        [FunctionName("Telemetry")]
        public static void Run([EventGridTrigger]Microsoft.Azure.EventGrid.Models.EventGridEvent eventGridEvent, ExecutionContext executionContext )//, TelemetryClient telemetryClient)
        {
			ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

		   var logRepository = LogManager.GetRepository(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly());
			XmlConfigurator.Configure(logRepository, new FileInfo(Path.Combine(executionContext.FunctionAppDirectory, "log4net.config")));

         log.Info($"eventGridEvent.Data-{eventGridEvent}");

         log.Info($"eventGridEvent.Data.ToString()-{eventGridEvent.Data.ToString()}");

        IotHubDeviceTelemetryEventData iOThubDeviceTelemetryEventData = (IotHubDeviceTelemetryEventData)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(eventGridEvent.Data.ToString(), typeof(IotHubDeviceTelemetryEventData));

         log.Info($"iOThubDeviceTelemetryEventData.Body.ToString()-{iOThubDeviceTelemetryEventData.Body.ToString()}");

         byte[] base64EncodedBytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(iOThubDeviceTelemetryEventData.Body.ToString());

         log.Info($"System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(-{System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(base64EncodedBytes)}");
      }
	}
}

Overall it took roughly half a page of code (mainly generated by a tool) to unpack and log the contents of an Azure IoT Hub EventGrid payload to Application Insights.