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daxu
daxu

Reputation: 4074

how to call scheduled webjob in azure?

I downloaded some azure webjob examples and got confused. What I want is fairly easy: Given a specific time (once a day) controlled by Cron syntax, I would like to call a method to do some heavy staff.

From the example I downloaded, there is always a Main program:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        JobHost host = new JobHost();
        host.RunAndBlock();
    }

Then you can define a trigger (e.g. a QueueTrigger)

 public static void GenerateThumbnail(
    [QueueTrigger("thumbnailrequest")] BlobInformation blobInfo,
    [Blob("images/{BlobName}", FileAccess.Read)] Stream input,
    [Blob("images/{BlobNameWithoutExtension}_thumbnail.jpg")] CloudBlockBlob outputBlob)
    {
}

However, I don't need a queue item to trigger something, all I need is that when my Cron time is matched, My method (say it is Functions.DoThis()) will be fired.

Unfortunately I just couldn't find a way to do it. Can someone help?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 242

Answers (1)

David Ebbo
David Ebbo

Reputation: 43183

You can do this using a Timer Trigger, e.g.

// Runs once every 5 minutes
public static void CronJob([TimerTrigger("0 */5 * * * *")] TimerInfo timer)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Cron job fired!");
}

See this page for more info.

Upvotes: 3

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