Create connect function

[siadatism]

I used Autorest to create a Powershell CLI for my Rest API using its swagger. I want to have a connect function to get the server address (host) and save it for later commands like an open session. It's nice to check the server availability in the connect function as well.

Is there anything like this in the generated CLI? If not, how can I add this functionality to it? Thanks.

[soroshsabz]

ITNOA

@dolauli I have the same problem, Did you can provide solution for this?

[soroshsabz]

I ask this question on SO

https://stackoverflow.com/q/77297750/1539100

[dolauli]

@siadatism You do not need to do that, since we have created a shared httpclient in a file like https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/blob/main/src/Databricks/generated/Module.cs. Besides I do not think you will need to check server availability, since it is rare case and the check will take some additional cost, even if the server/service is not avail and we do not have the check, the request will also fail and an error will be reported to users.

[soroshsabz]

@dolauli So, how to specify URL when I call cmdlet?

For example I have a CLI for some services that host on appliance, so when I want to call CLI, I want to specify which appliance, must be response to me.

[dolauli]

You may use https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/extensions/readme.md#x-ms-parameterized-host in your swagger, by doing that, we could generate host for you to input for each cmdlet.
Or, you may set a placeholder in swagger. And then add a handler in our pipeline through customization to replace the host with the real host (set in env variable or a file). Here is an example how to add a handler.

[soroshsabz]

related to BSVN/IpTables.Api#22

[soroshsabz]

You may use https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/extensions/readme.md#x-ms-parameterized-host in your swagger, by doing that, we could generate host for you to input for each cmdlet. Or, you may set a placeholder in swagger. And then add a handler in our pipeline through customization to replace the host with the real host (set in env variable or a file). Here is an example how to add a handler.

@dolauli So How Azure implement Connect-AzAccount?

thanks a lot for helping me :)

[soroshsabz]

@dolauli Did you can get me more advice to implementing clean code Connect-AzAccount like cmdlet?

thanks

[soroshsabz]

I ask some question about this

Azure/azure-powershell#23233

[soroshsabz]

We can done it, thanks to @dolauli .

All developers can see our example in: BSVN/IpTables.Api#56