Trigger Azure WebJob By Using WebAPI

The GetWebJobSync method uses a web api technique with a basic authentication approach to retrieve the status of the job.

Post call explanation

In the post-call, we are running the web job. When we click on the post web job call button, then it will call postCallbtn_Click on the server side and the code looks as below.

protected void postCallbtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var statusPOST = POSTWebJobSync();
}

The postCallbtn_Click method will call the POSTWebJobSync method and return the response message.

private HttpResponseMessage POSTWebJobSync() 
{
    string ApiUrl = "https://abc.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/";
    string call = "triggeredwebjobs/Test/run";
    string result = string.Empty;
    string userPswd = "$demo" + ":" + "igQqdPY2pjbF6mTvo5WmjBpualiyqxBWgjgkaA0yc8tEo7Kbun7bRnddRvMb";
    userPswd = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(userPswd));
    var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
    try 
    {
        using (var client = new HttpClient()) 
        {
            client.BaseAddress = new Uri(ApiUrl);
            client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30);
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", userPswd);
            response = client.PostAsync(call, new StringContent(string.Empty, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")).Result;
        }
        return response;
    } 
    catch (Exception ex) 
    {
        throw ex;
    }
}

In both get and post call, we are retrieving the username and password from the publish profile whose publishMethod="MSDeploy" which is present in the web app and shown below.

<publishData>
    <publishProfile 
        profileName="demo - Web Deploy" 
        publishMethod="MSDeploy" 
        publishUrl="demo.scm.azurewebsites.net:443" 
        msdeploySite="demo" 
        userName="$demo" 
        userPWD="igQqdPY2pjbF6mTvo5WmjBpualiyqxBWgjgkaA0yc8tEo7Kbun7bRnddRvMb" 
        destinationAppUrl="http://demo.azurewebsites.net" 
        SQLServerDBConnectionString="" 
        mySQLDBConnectionString="" 
        hostingProviderForumLink="" 
        controlPanelLink="http://windows.azure.com" 
        webSystem="WebSites">
        <databases />
    </publishProfile>
    <publishProfile 
        profileName="demo - FTP" 
        publishMethod="FTP" 
        publishUrl="ftp://demo.ftp.azurewebsites.windows.net/site/wwwroot" 
        ftpPassiveMode="True" 
        userName="demo\$demo" 
        userPWD="igQqdPY2pjbF6mTvo5WmjBpualiyqxBWgjgkaA0yc8tEo7Kbun7bRnddRvMb" 
        destinationAppUrl="http://demo.azurewebsites.net" 
        SQLServerDBConnectionString="" 
        mySQLDBConnectionString="" 
        hostingProviderForumLink="" 
        controlPanelLink="http://windows.azure.com" 
        webSystem="WebSites">
        <databases />
    </publishProfile>
</publishData>

Output

The output of the get web job call status is shown below.

Also, the output of the post-call status is shown below.

Note

1. We can integrate the above code in asp.net, MVC, or any other technologies.
2. In place of ABC and Test, you need to use your app service name and web job name.