Using the REST API

Introduction

Date	Description
2021-04-29	Azure Web PubSub in Public Preview
2021-08-02	Developers start testing the preview functionality

You decide to understand how to drive the deployment of Web PubSub using the REST API.

Pre-reqs

1. Azure subscription
2. Microsoft.SignalRService provider is registered
3. Existing resource group

The examples use “myResourceGroup”

Documentation

The Azure Web PubSub documentation includes quickstarts for both the portal and the Azure CLI for deploying an instance.

The examples in az webpubsub create --help confirm that the key switches are --location, --sku (Free_F1 or Standard_S1) and --unit-count (defaults to 1). But there are other command subcategories such as az webpubsub service, connection, etc. to add additional configuration.

There is also a link in the Reference section to the REST API.

Check through the documentation, the URI definition, the parameters and the examples to understand how the API call needs to be made. It will help to refer back to the documentation as you use the code blocks below.

Construct the URI

Use the az rest command to automatically handle access tokens.

1. Navigate to the Web PubSub - Create or Update page.

   Method is PUT.

   URI resource path:

   https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.SignalRService/webPubSub/{resourceName}?api-version=2021-10-01
   

2. Define the $uri variable

   Customise the URI, setting:

   • subscriptionId
   • resourceGroupName
   • resourceName

   Note that resourceName forms part of the FQDN and must be globally unique.

   For example:

   uri="https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/2d31be49-d959-4415-bb65-8aec2c90ba62/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.SignalRService/webPubSub/AzureCitadel?api-version=2021-10-01"
   

Create the request body

1. View the request body in the Examples

   {
     "sku": {
       "name": "Standard_S1",
       "tier": "Standard",
       "capacity": 1
     },
     "properties": {
       "tls": {
         "clientCertEnabled": false
       },
       "liveTraceConfiguration": {
         "enabled": "false",
         "categories": [
           {
             "name": "ConnectivityLogs",
             "enabled": "true"
           }
         ]
       },
       "networkACLs": {
         "defaultAction": "Deny",
         "publicNetwork": {
           "allow": [
             "ClientConnection"
           ]
         },
         "privateEndpoints": [
           {
             "name": "mywebpubsubservice.1fa229cd-bf3f-47f0-8c49-afb36723997e",
             "allow": [
               "ServerConnection"
             ],
             "deny": [
               "ServerConnection",
               "RESTAPI",
               "Trace"
             ]
           }
         ]
       },
       "publicNetworkAccess": "Enabled",
       "disableLocalAuth": false,
       "disableAadAuth": false
     },
     "identity": {
       "type": "SystemAssigned"
     },
     "location": "eastus",
     "tags": {
       "key1": "value1"
     }
   }
   

2. Create a body.json file

   Create a file called body.json. Customise the JSON. Remove unneeded and defaulted sections.

   For example:

   {
     "sku": {
       "name": "Free_F1",
       "capacity": 1
     },
     "location": "westeurope"
   }
   

3. Create the resource

   az rest --method put --uri $uri --body "@body.json"
   

   Example output:

   {
     "id": "/subscriptions/2d31be49-d959-4415-bb65-8aec2c90ba62/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.SignalRService/WebPubSub/AzureCitadel",
     "location": "westeurope",
     "name": "AzureCitadel",
     "properties": {
       "disableAadAuth": false,
       "disableLocalAuth": false,
       "externalIP": null,
       "hostName": "azurecitadel.webpubsub.azure.com",
       "hostNamePrefix": "azurecitadel",
       "liveTraceConfiguration": null,
       "networkACLs": {
         "defaultAction": "Deny",
         "privateEndpoints": [],
         "publicNetwork": {
           "allow": [
             "ServerConnection",
             "ClientConnection",
             "RESTAPI",
             "Trace"
           ],
           "deny": null
         }
       },
       "privateEndpointConnections": [],
       "provisioningState": "Creating",
       "publicNetworkAccess": "Enabled",
       "publicPort": 443,
       "resourceLogConfiguration": null,
       "serverPort": 443,
       "sharedPrivateLinkResources": [],
       "tls": {
         "clientCertEnabled": false
       },
       "version": "1.0-preview"
     },
     "sku": {
       "capacity": 1,
       "name": "Free_F1",
       "size": "F1",
       "tier": "Free"
     },
     "systemData": {
       "createdAt": "2022-05-06T16:13:54.3871439Z",
       "createdBy": "richeney@azurecitadel.com",
       "createdByType": "User",
       "lastModifiedAt": "2022-05-06T16:13:54.3871439Z",
       "lastModifiedBy": "richeney@azurecitadel.com",
       "lastModifiedByType": "User"
     },
     "tags": null,
     "type": "Microsoft.SignalRService/WebPubSub"
   }
   

   ⚠️ What changes have been made from the example?

4. Check the resource

   Check the output JSON to make sure that it has been created correctly. Review the resource in the portal.

   Modify and retest as necessary.

Delete the resource

1. Remove the resource

   Remove the resource in the portal, or use the CLI, e.g.:

   az webpubsub delete --name AzureCitadel --resource-group myResourceGroup
   

Summary

You have worked through a simple example of how to find the REST API documentation and form the URI and request body for a resource create or update.

You are ready to use AzAPI.

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