Call another Azure Function from timer triggered one - azure

Question

I want to call another (not timer triggered) azure function from my timer triggered azure function.
It compiles but during runtime I get the error:
System.ArgumentException: 'The function 'HelloWorld' doesn't exist, is disabled, or is not an orchestrator function. Additional info: No orchestrator functions are currently registered!'
I reduced it to this tiny code snippet.
[FunctionName("HelloWorld")]
public static string HelloWorld([ActivityTrigger] string name, ILogger log)
{
return $"Hello {name}!";
}
[FunctionName("DownloadLiveList")]
public async void DownloadLiveList([DurableClient] IDurableOrchestrationClient client, [TimerTrigger("0 0 0 * * *", RunOnStartup = true)]TimerInfo myTimer, ILogger log)
{
await client.StartNewAsync<string>("HelloWorld", "Magdeburg");
}
As I took the idea from the official Microsoft example for that kind of azure function cascading, I've no clue, why the function "HelloWorld" is not registered. After uploading into azure, the function is visible in the azure portal as all other functions from the class.

Answer 1

Your time trigger function needs to invoke the start function written with Durable Function Framework. Here's a sample:
[FunctionName("Function1")]
public async Task Run([TimerTrigger("0 */1 * * * *")]TimerInfo myTimer, ILogger log)
{
log.LogInformation($"C# Timer trigger function executed at: {DateTime.Now}");
var url = "http://localhost:7071/api/Durable_Starter";
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip;
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse) await request.GetResponseAsync())
using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream())
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
var html = reader.ReadToEnd();
log.LogInformation(html);
}
}
[FunctionName("Durable_Starter")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Run([HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", "post")]HttpRequest req, [DurableClient] IDurableClient starter, ILogger log)
{
log.LogInformation("C# HTTP trigger function processed a request.");
string instanceId = await starter.StartNewAsync("Durable_Orchestrator");
log.LogInformation($"Started orchestration with ID = '{instanceId}'.");
var checkStatusResponse = starter.CreateCheckStatusResponse(req, instanceId);
return checkStatusResponse;
}
[FunctionName("Durable_Orchestrator")]
public async Task RunOrchestrator([OrchestrationTrigger] IDurableOrchestrationContext context, ILogger log)
{
var message = await context.CallActivityAsync<string>("HelloWorld", "Thiago");
log.LogInformation(message);
}
[FunctionName("HelloWorld")]
public string HelloWorldActivity([ActivityTrigger] string name)
{
return $"Hello {name}!";
}