Azure / Azure/azure-functions-host
Can .NET5 isolated Azure Functions provide access to IWebhostEnvironment
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- C#
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Description
I have been using the .NET 5 Azure Functions with the help of the official doc. So DI in the .NET 5 Azure Functions behaves much like the regular ASP.NET Core's DI, which is nice because it allows me to share libraries with other ASP.NET Core web apps.
But one thing I'm trying to figure out is the access to `IWebhostEnvironment`, which is available by default in ASP.NET Core. I have libraries taking this as a dependency to define some behaviors based on checks such as `IWebhostEnvironment.IsDevelopment`.
What I found from my tests:
`IWebhostEnvironment` is not available for injection in Functions.
`IHostEnvironment` is available, but ignores the `ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT` value set in local.settings.json, and therefore always returns `Production`.
Is there a way to make `IWebhostEnvironment` behave the same way in Azure Functions and ASP.NET Core? For now I have created my own `IFunctionHostEnvironment` interface that returns results based on the value of `Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_FUNCTIONS_ENVIRONMENT")`, which is automatically set to `Development` locally by Core Tools, and can be set manually in Azure portal.
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Research direction
Start with the .NET 5 isolated Azure Functions DI setup described in the issue and compare how IHostEnvironment, IWebHostEnvironment, ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT, and AZURE_FUNCTIONS_ENVIRONMENT are handled. Done means determining whether IWebHostEnvironment can be injected with the expected environment value, or documenting the supported equivalent when it cannot.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- azure, csharp
- Domain
- backend, cloud
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100