Build Artifacts showing empty folder but build pipeline success - Azure Functions Python

Question

I have the following Folder Structure in the Azure DevOps Repository:

Azure Functions Python Version 3.10 - Code available in my previous question #76412683

CI Pipeline (Build):

yaml
trigger:
- main
pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- task: UsePythonVersion@0
  inputs:
    versionSpec: '3.10'
    addToPath: true
    architecture: 'x64'
  displayName: 'Use Python 3.x'
- bash: |
   python3.10 -m venv worker_venev
   source worker venv/bin/activate
   pip3.10 install setuptools
   pip3.10 install --upgrade pip
   pip3.10 install -r requirements.txt
  displayName: 'Install Application Dependencies'
  
- task: ArchiveFiles@2
  inputs:
    rootFolderOrFile: '$(Build.BinariesDirectory)'
    includeRootFolder: true
    archiveType: 'zip'
    archiveFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/$(Build.BuildId).zip'
    replaceExistingArchive: true
  displayName: 'Archive azure_functions'
- task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
  inputs:
    PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
    ArtifactName: 'drop'
    publishLocation: 'Container'
  displayName: 'Publish Artifact: drop'

Result:

If I go to Artifacts, showing empty folder:

Answer 1

Hi @krishna572

I think you're getting empty contents because Build variables is not set properly. This variable is set to a directory of compiled binaries which Python doesn't have. You can use the upload-artifacts' and download-artifacts` actions instead.

- name: Upload artifact for deployment jobs
  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
  with:
    name: python-app
    path: |
      . 
      !venv/

- uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
  with:
    name: python-app
    path: .

While this blog post refers to deploying a Python app to an app service, the same principals apply to function app.