Accessing Azure Storage Table from Azure Function App (PowerShell) - azure

Question

I want to use the following code in a Azure Function powershell app:
Add-AzTableRow `
-table outputTable`
-partitionKey $partitionKey `
-rowKey ($record.id) -property #{"userId" = "001";}
I'm using this documentation as a guide. However, this guide uses Install-Module AzTable. Since I am using a Function App to run this code on a timer, I can't install the module on run time. I've followed this question/answer. I've added this to `requirements.psd1':
#{
# For latest supported version, go to 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Az'.
# To use the Az module in your function app, please uncomment the line below.
#'Az' = '8.*'
AzTable = '2.*'
}
When I run the code I get the following error:
[Error] ERROR: The 'Add-AzTableRow' command was found in the module 'AzTable', but the module could not be loaded. For more information, run 'Import-Module AzTable'.
Could someone please give me some insight on what I'm doing wrong? I want to be able to update and query the table from the Function App without any user input.
Edit:
I have added 'Az' = '8.*' and 'AzTable' = '2.*'. I let the function install the resource by running and waiting. I'm now getting the error:
[Error] ERROR: The term 'Add-AzTableRow' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
I'm not sure why I'm getting this error because Add-AzTableRow is apart if the AzTable module.

Answer 1

The AzTable module requires the Az Module:
It requires latest PowerShell Az module installed
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzTable/2.0.1
But currently the install of the Az module is disabled in your requirements.psd1:
Remove # from #'Az' = '8.*' = 'Az' = '8.*'
After that the machine behind the function will install the required module and the code will be able to load it/acces the functions.
Note if you "activate" a module the first time, run your code and maybe you still get the error messge -> script got started before module install completed... so simply wait some minutes and retry.

Answer 2

Run VS Code as an Administrator. Open the Azure PowerShell Functions Project in the VS Code.
In the VS Code Terminal of project Workspace/Path, run the below cmdlets one by one:
Install-Module Az
Import-Module Az
Install-Module AzTable -Force
Import-Module AzTable
Created Azure Functions PowerShell HTTP Trigger Function and written the code with the reference of this MS Doc:
run.ps1
using namespace System.Net
# Input bindings are passed in via param block.
param($Request, $TriggerMetadata)
# Write to the Azure Functions log stream.
Write-Host "PowerShell HTTP trigger function processed a request."
# Interact with query parameters or the body of the request.
Connect-AzAccount -Tenant '<Tenant-Id>' -SubscriptionId '<Subscription-Id>'
Set-AzContext -Subscription "<Subscription-Id>"
$resourceGroup = "HariTestRG"
$storageAccountName ="store365rvi7b3lmoq"
$storageAccount=Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Name $storageAccountName
$ctx = $storageAccount.Context
Write-Host $ctx.ConnectionString
$tableName = "pshkrishtesttable"
$cloudTable = (Get-AzStorageTable –Name $tableName –Context $ctx).CloudTable
Write-Host $cloudTable.Name
$partitionKey1 = "partition2"
Write-Host "Partition Key"
# add a row
Add-AzTableRow `
-table $cloudTable `
-partitionKey $partitionKey1 `
-rowKey ("India") -property #{"username"="Jashu";"userid"=598}
Write-Host "Table Row Added"
$TableRows = Get-AzTableRow -table $cloudTable
Write-Host $TableRows | Format-Table
$body = "Hello Krishna, This HTTP triggered function executed successfully."
# Associate values to output bindings by calling 'Push-OutputBinding'.
Push-OutputBinding -Name Response -Value ([HttpResponseContext]#{
StatusCode = [HttpStatusCode]::OK
Body = $body
})
requirements.psd1:
#{
'Az' = '8.*'
'Az.Storage' = '4.10.0'
'AzTable' = '2.1.0'
}
Result:
Note: If you are running the PowerShell Function with these modules for the first time, it will take some time during the runtime/execution.