Is there a way to programmatically enable/disable an Azure function?
I can enable/disable a function using the portal under the "Manage" section, which causes a request to be sent to https://<myfunctionapp>.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/functions/<myfunction>
The JSON payload looks a bit like:
{
"name":"SystemEventFunction",
"config":{
"disabled":true,
"bindings":[
// the bindings for this function
]
}
// lots of other properties (mostly URIs)
}
I'm creating a management tool outside of the portal that will allow users to enable and disable functions.
Hoping I can avoid creating the JSON payload by hand, so I'm wondering if there is something in an SDK (WebJobs??) that has this functionality.
No, this is not possible currently. The disabled
metadata property in function.json is what determines whether a function is enabled. The portal just updates that value when you enable/disable in the portal.
Not sure if it will meet your needs, but I'll point out that there is also a host.json functions
array that can be used to control the set of functions that will be loaded (documented here). So for example, if you only wanted 2 of your 10 functions enabled, you could set this property to an array containing only those 2 function names (e.g. "functions": [ "QueueProcessor", "GitHubWebHook" ]
), and only those will be loaded/enabled. However, this is slightly different than enable/disable in that you won't be able to invoke the excluded functions via the portal, whereas you can portal invoke disabled functions.
Further to @James Z.'s answer, I've created the following class in C# that allows you to programmatically disable / enable an Azure function.
The functionsSiteRoot constructor argument is the Kudu root of your Functions application, eg https://your-functions-web-app.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/vfs/site/wwwroot/
The username and password can be obtained from "Get publish profile" in the App Service settings for your Functions.
public class FunctionsHelper : IFunctionsHelper
{
private readonly string _username;
private readonly string _password;
private readonly string _functionsSiteRoot;
private WebClient _webClient;
public FunctionsHelper(string username, string password, string functionsSiteRoot)
{
_username = username;
_password = password;
_functionsSiteRoot = functionsSiteRoot;
_webClient = new WebClient
{
Headers = { ["ContentType"] = "application/json" },
Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password),
BaseAddress = functionsSiteRoot
};
}
public void StopFunction(string functionName)
{
SetFunctionState(functionName, isDisabled: true);
}
public void StartFunction(string functionName)
{
SetFunctionState(functionName, isDisabled: false);
}
private void SetFunctionState(string functionName, bool isDisabled)
{
var functionJson =
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FunctionSettings>(_webClient.DownloadString(GetFunctionJsonUrl(functionName)));
functionJson.disabled = isDisabled;
_webClient.Headers["If-Match"] = "*";
_webClient.UploadString(GetFunctionJsonUrl(functionName), "PUT", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(functionJson));
}
private static string GetFunctionJsonUrl(string functionName)
{
return $"{functionName}/function.json";
}
}
internal class FunctionSettings
{
public bool disabled { get; set; }
public List<Binding> bindings { get; set; }
}
internal class Binding
{
public string name { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public string direction { get; set; }
public string queueName { get; set; }
public string connection { get; set; }
public string accessRights { get; set; }
}
Further to @DavidGouge 's answer above, the code he posted does work, I just tested it and will be using it in my app. However it needs a couple of tweaks:
Remove the inheritance from IFunctionsHelper. I'm not sure what that interface is but it wasn't required.
Change the class definition for Binding as follows:
internal class Binding
{
public string name { get; set; }
public string type { get; set; }
public string direction { get; set; }
public string queueName { get; set; }
public string connection { get; set; }
public string accessRights { get; set; }
public string schedule { get; set; }
}
After that it would work.
P.S. I would have put this as a comment on the original answer, but I don't have enough reputation on Stack Overflow to post comments!
I would imagine you can use Kudu REST API (specifically VFS) to update the disabled metadata property in function.json. Would that disable the function?
Here is the Kudu REST API. https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki/REST-API