Add or update the Azure App Service build and deployment workflow config

Author: hvalfangst

.github/workflows/main_hvalfangstlinuxfunctionapp.yml

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+# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/azure/functions-action
+# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions
+# More info on Python, GitHub Actions, and Azure Functions: https://aka.ms/python-webapps-actions
+
+name: Build and deploy Python project to Azure Function App - hvalfangstlinuxfunctionapp
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_PACKAGE_PATH: '.' # set this to the path to your web app project, defaults to the repository root
+  PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11' # set this to the python version to use (supports 3.6, 3.7, 3.8)
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Python version
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Create and start virtual environment
+        run: |
+          python -m venv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      # Optional: Add step to run tests here
+
+      - name: Zip artifact for deployment
+        run: zip release.zip ./* -r
+
+      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: python-app
+          path: |
+            release.zip
+            !venv/
+
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write #This is required for requesting the JWT
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifact from build job
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: python-app
+
+      - name: Unzip artifact for deployment
+        run: unzip release.zip     
+        
+      - name: Login to Azure
+        uses: azure/login@v2
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_45F263BF4662456FA6CAF9777649A827 }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_2F6C4F2E4B114D4591C460D73A3AAE41 }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_074AC658FD334500AEB5203E919D5F8B }}
+
+      - name: 'Deploy to Azure Functions'
+        uses: Azure/functions-action@v1
+        id: deploy-to-function
+        with:
+          app-name: 'hvalfangstlinuxfunctionapp'
+          slot-name: 'Production'
+          package: ${{ env.AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_PACKAGE_PATH }}
+