Azure Iot Hub Device to Cloud Communication with Backend

Question

Hi i already have cloud to device communication through Direct Methods. Now I want to setup Device to Backend Communication through Iot Hub , I have read we can do this with device to cloud communication but is there any way we can route these messages to backend app that is my web api.

Answer 1

is there any way we can route these messages to backend app that is my web api.

Your app can consume the messages directly using the EventHub APIs , or create an Azure Function with an Event Hub Binding .

Answer 2

In addition to David's answer, the following screen snippet shows forwarding a telemetry data to the Web App using the Azure Event Grid ( Push-Push Pattern ) with different subscribers such as the Hybrid Connection , WeebHook and EventGridTrigger function with a SignalR Service output binding: