Azure WebJobs: Is it possible to retrieve the Host Url programmatically in the console app?

Question

I would like to invoke a REST call from my WebJob, I am wondering if it is possible to programmatically retrieve the Host Url (http://<something>.azurewebsites.net) from inside my WebJob, instead of hard-coding the URL.

Answer 1

Web App hostname can be read from the WEBSITE_HOSTNAME environment variable.

A description of the environment, including environment variables can be found here. Environment variables and their values can be viewed using the Kudu dashboard at https://<web_app>.scm.azurewebsites.net.

Answer 2

In your queue monitoring method you can pass a reference to CloudStorageAccount and get the queue endpoint, e.g:

    public async Task ProcessQueueMessageAsync([QueueTrigger("queue")] string message, CloudStorageAccount account)
    {
        var endpoint = account.QueueEndpoint;
    }