how to create a timer trigger function to delete resource group in azure sdk python

Question

how to create an azure function to delete resource group

Answer 1

Hi Sushant Seven,

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In order to delete a resource group using Azure SDK in python, you need to use the Azure Resource management client library (azure-mgmt-resource) of python.

Here is the code snippet using the above client library to delete the resource group through a scheduled triggered function-

import datetime
import logging
import azure.functions as func
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.mgmt.resource import ResourceManagementClient

def main(mytimer: func.TimerRequest) -> None:
    utc_timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(
        tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat()
    
    if mytimer.past_due:
        logging.info('The timer is past due!')
    
    # Get the resource group name from the environment variable
    resource_group_name = '{resource_group}'

    # Get the subscription ID from the environment variable
    subscription_id = '{subscription_id}'

    # Get the credential from the environment variable
    credential = DefaultAzureCredential()

    # Create the resource management client
    resource_client = ResourceManagementClient(credential, subscription_id)

    # Delete the resource group    
    poller = resource_client.resource_groups.begin_delete(resource_group_name)
    result = poller.result()

    logging.info("Deleted resource group %s.", resource_group_name)
    logging.info('Python timer trigger function ran at %s', utc_timestamp)

PP

PPPlease let me know if you have any questions.

Please refer to the below documents for additional information -

1. Delete a Resource Group using Python
2. Example: Use the Azure libraries to create a resource group
3. Key concepts - DefaultAzureCredential in local and on Azure
4. Azure SDK - Python Samples
5. Azure RBAC roles

Thanks

Saurabh

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