Convert Azure Pipeline condition/variable to a json boolean - azure

Question

Currently, I'm working on a pipeline that should call an Azure Function in a certain way, depending on the outcome/result of a previous job in that pipeline.
The Azure Function should be called when the result of previous job is either: Succeeded, SucceededWithIssues or Failed. We want to ignore Skipped and Cancelled.
The body sent to the Azure Function differs based on the result: Succeeded/SucceededWithIssues VS Failed. It only differs by a single boolean in the payload called: DeploymentFailed.
The current implementation is using two separate tasks for calling the Azure Function. This was necessary, since I couldn't find a way to convert the outcome of the previous job to a boolean.
The current pipeline as is:
trigger:
- master
parameters:
- name: jobA
default: 'A'
- name: correlationId
default: '90c7e477-2141-45db-812a-019a9f88bdc8'
pool:
vmImage: ubuntu-latest
jobs:
- job: job_${{parameters.jobA}}
steps:
- script: echo "This job could potentially fail."
- job: job_B
dependsOn: job_${{parameters.jobA}}
variables:
failed: $[dependencies.job_${{parameters.jobA}}.result]
condition: in(variables['failed'], 'Succeeded', 'SucceededWithIssues', 'Failed')
pool: server
steps:
- task: AzureFunction#1
displayName: Call function succeeded
condition: in(variables['failed'], 'Succeeded', 'SucceededWithIssues')
inputs:
function: "<azure-function-url>"
key: "<azure-function-key>"
method: 'POST'
waitForCompletion: false
headers: |
{
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
body: |
{
"CorrelationId": "${{parameters.correlationId}}",
"DeploymentFailed": false # I would like to use the outcome of `variable.failed` here and cast it to a JSON bool.
}
- task: AzureFunction#1
displayName: Call function failed
condition: in(variables['failed'], 'Failed')
inputs:
function: "<azure-function-url>"
key: "<azure-function-key>"
waitForCompletion: false
method: 'POST'
headers: |
{
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
body: |
{
"CorrelationId": "${{parameters.correlationId}}",
"DeploymentFailed": true # I would like to use the outcome of `variable.failed` here and cast it to a JSON bool.
}
My question: How can I use the outcome of the previous job to only have 1 Azure Function invoke task?

Answer 1

You can map condition directly to variable:
variables:
failed: $[dependencies.job_${{parameters.jobA}}.result]
result: $[lower(notIn(dependencies.job_${{parameters.jobA}}.result, 'Succeeded', 'SucceededWithIssues', 'Failed'))]
and then:
- task: AzureFunction#1
displayName: Call function succeeded
condition: in(variables['failed'], 'Succeeded', 'SucceededWithIssues')
inputs:
function: "<azure-function-url>"
key: "<azure-function-key>"
method: 'POST'
waitForCompletion: false
headers: |
{
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
body: |
{
"CorrelationId": "${{parameters.correlationId}}",
"DeploymentFailed": $(result) # I would like to use the outcome of `variable.failed` here and cast it to a JSON bool.
}