log and friends missing on IFunctionContext

[poelstra]

IFunctionContext as defined in durable-functions doesn't have the log property (and others).

It would be nice if it could use a more 'in-sync' definition such as from @azure/functions

[kashimiz]

Hi @poelstra,

When durable-functions moved to GA availability the TypeScript definitions weren't yet available, but now that they are, you're absolutely right that we should be using them. Putting this on the list of enhancements for our next release.

[bernitorres]

Is there a workaround to log messages in the orchestrator function in typescript?

[kashimiz]

@bernitorres, the context object still has the log method; it's just not defined in the TypeScript interface. Have you tried something like the following?

(context as any).log("This is my log message.");

[bernitorres]

I should have known that.. thanks! That unblocked me

[kevinclarkneudesic]

I found this same issue. Why was durable-functions or @azure/functions not written in TypeScript?? Seems amazing that a modern library esp. by Microsoft would be written in vanilla JS. Then there would not be a need for manually creating definition files. (facepalm)

[poelstra]

Why was durable-functions or @azure/functions not written in TypeScript

They are. See #46 (comment) though.

[kevinclarkneudesic]

Why was durable-functions or @azure/functions not written in TypeScript

They are. See #46 (comment) though.

Sorry, haven't had my coffee yet. :/ Lol. I re-read and think I understand the issue now, since they are two separate libraries they were out of sync?

[poelstra]

Something like that, yes.