How to register and use stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions in Azure Cosmos DB

The following example shows how to register a stored procedure by using the .NET SDK v2:

string storedProcedureId = "spCreateToDoItems";
StoredProcedure newStoredProcedure = new StoredProcedure
   {
       Id = storedProcedureId,
       Body = File.ReadAllText($@"..\js\{storedProcedureId}.js")
   };
Uri containerUri = UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri("myDatabase", "myContainer");
var response = await client.CreateStoredProcedureAsync(containerUri, newStoredProcedure);
StoredProcedure createdStoredProcedure = response.Resource;

The following code shows how to call a stored procedure by using the .NET SDK v2:

dynamic[] newItems = new dynamic[]
{
    new {
        category = "Personal",
        name = "Groceries",
        description = "Pick up strawberries",
        isComplete = false
    },
    new {
        category = "Personal",
        name = "Doctor",
        description = "Make appointment for check up",
        isComplete = false
    }
};

Uri uri = UriFactory.CreateStoredProcedureUri("myDatabase", "myContainer", "spCreateToDoItem");
RequestOptions options = new RequestOptions { PartitionKey = new PartitionKey("Personal") };
var result = await client.ExecuteStoredProcedureAsync<string>(uri, options, new[] { newItems });

The following example shows how to register a stored procedure by using the .NET SDK v3:

string storedProcedureId = "spCreateToDoItems";
StoredProcedureResponse storedProcedureResponse = await client.GetContainer("myDatabase", "myContainer").Scripts.CreateStoredProcedureAsync(new StoredProcedureProperties
{
    Id = storedProcedureId,
    Body = File.ReadAllText($@"..\js\{storedProcedureId}.js")
});

The following code shows how to call a stored procedure by using the .NET SDK v3:

dynamic[] newItems = new dynamic[]
{
    new {
        category = "Personal",
        name = "Groceries",
        description = "Pick up strawberries",
        isComplete = false
    },
    new {
        category = "Personal",
        name = "Doctor",
        description = "Make appointment for check up",
        isComplete = false
    }
};

var result = await client.GetContainer("database", "container").Scripts.ExecuteStoredProcedureAsync<string>("spCreateToDoItem", new PartitionKey("Personal"), new[] { newItems });

The following example shows how to register a stored procedure by using the Java SDK:

CosmosStoredProcedureProperties definition = new CosmosStoredProcedureProperties(
    "spCreateToDoItems", 
    Files.readString(Paths.get("createToDoItems.js"))
);

CosmosStoredProcedureResponse response = container
    .getScripts()
    .createStoredProcedure(definition);

The following code shows how to call a stored procedure by using the Java SDK:

CosmosStoredProcedure sproc = container   
    .getScripts()
    .getStoredProcedure("spCreateToDoItems");

List<Object> items = new ArrayList<Object>();

ToDoItem firstItem = new ToDoItem();
firstItem.category = "Personal";
firstItem.name = "Groceries";
firstItem.description = "Pick up strawberries";
firstItem.isComplete = false;
items.add(firstItem);

ToDoItem secondItem = new ToDoItem();
secondItem.category = "Personal";
secondItem.name = "Doctor";
secondItem.description = "Make appointment for check up";
secondItem.isComplete = true;
items.add(secondItem);

CosmosStoredProcedureRequestOptions options = new CosmosStoredProcedureRequestOptions();
options.setPartitionKey(
    new PartitionKey("Personal")
);

CosmosStoredProcedureResponse response = sproc.execute(
    items, 
    options
); 

The following example shows how to register a stored procedure by using the JavaScript SDK:

const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const sprocId = "spCreateToDoItems";
await container.scripts.storedProcedures.create({
    id: sprocId,
    body: require(`../js/${sprocId}`)
});

The following code shows how to call a stored procedure by using the JavaScript SDK:

const newItem = [{
    category: "Personal",
    name: "Groceries",
    description: "Pick up strawberries",
    isComplete: false
}];
const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const sprocId = "spCreateToDoItems";
const {resource: result} = await container.scripts.storedProcedure(sprocId).execute(newItem, {partitionKey: newItem[0].category});

The following example shows how to register a stored procedure by using the Python SDK:

import azure.cosmos.cosmos_client as cosmos_client

url = "your_cosmos_db_account_URI"
key = "your_cosmos_db_account_key"
database_name = 'your_cosmos_db_database_name'
container_name = 'your_cosmos_db_container_name'

with open('../js/spCreateToDoItems.js') as file:
    file_contents = file.read()

sproc = {
    'id': 'spCreateToDoItem',
    'serverScript': file_contents,
}
client = cosmos_client.CosmosClient(url, key)
database = client.get_database_client(database_name)
container = database.get_container_client(container_name)
created_sproc = container.scripts.create_stored_procedure(body=sproc) 

The following code shows how to call a stored procedure by using the Python SDK:

import uuid

new_id= str(uuid.uuid4())

# Creating a document for a container with "id" as a partition key.

new_item =   {
      "id": new_id, 
      "category":"Personal",
      "name":"Groceries",
      "description":"Pick up strawberries",
      "isComplete":False
   }
result = container.scripts.execute_stored_procedure(sproc=created_sproc,params=[new_item], partition_key=new_id) 

The following code shows how to register a pre-trigger using the .NET SDK v2:

string triggerId = "trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp";
Trigger trigger = new Trigger
{
    Id =  triggerId,
    Body = File.ReadAllText($@"..\js\{triggerId}.js"),
    TriggerOperation = TriggerOperation.Create,
    TriggerType = TriggerType.Pre
};
Uri containerUri = UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri("myDatabase", "myContainer");
await client.CreateTriggerAsync(containerUri, trigger);

The following code shows how to call a pre-trigger using the .NET SDK v2:

dynamic newItem = new
{
    category = "Personal",
    name = "Groceries",
    description = "Pick up strawberries",
    isComplete = false
};

Uri containerUri = UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri("myDatabase", "myContainer");
RequestOptions requestOptions = new RequestOptions { PreTriggerInclude = new List<string> { "trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp" } };
await client.CreateDocumentAsync(containerUri, newItem, requestOptions);

The following code shows how to register a pre-trigger using the .NET SDK v3:

await client.GetContainer("database", "container").Scripts.CreateTriggerAsync(new TriggerProperties
{
    Id = "trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp",
    Body = File.ReadAllText("@..\js\trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp.js"),
    TriggerOperation = TriggerOperation.Create,
    TriggerType = TriggerType.Pre
});

The following code shows how to call a pre-trigger using the .NET SDK v3:

dynamic newItem = new
{
    category = "Personal",
    name = "Groceries",
    description = "Pick up strawberries",
    isComplete = false
};

await client.GetContainer("database", "container").CreateItemAsync(newItem, null, new ItemRequestOptions { PreTriggers = new List<string> { "trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp" } });

The following code shows how to register a pre-trigger using the Java SDK:

CosmosTriggerProperties definition = new CosmosTriggerProperties(
    "preValidateToDoItemTimestamp",
    Files.readString(Paths.get("validateToDoItemTimestamp.js"))
);
definition.setTriggerOperation(TriggerOperation.CREATE);
definition.setTriggerType(TriggerType.PRE);

CosmosTriggerResponse response = container
    .getScripts()
    .createTrigger(definition);

The following code shows how to call a pre-trigger using the Java SDK:

ToDoItem item = new ToDoItem();
item.category = "Personal";
item.name = "Groceries";
item.description = "Pick up strawberries";
item.isComplete = false;
    
CosmosItemRequestOptions options = new CosmosItemRequestOptions();
options.setPreTriggerInclude(
    Arrays.asList("preValidateToDoItemTimestamp")
);

CosmosItemResponse<ToDoItem> response = container.createItem(item, options);

The following code shows how to register a pre-trigger using the JavaScript SDK:

const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const triggerId = "trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp";
await container.scripts.triggers.create({
    id: triggerId,
    body: require(`../js/${triggerId}`),
    triggerOperation: "create",
    triggerType: "pre"
});

The following code shows how to call a pre-trigger using the JavaScript SDK:

const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const triggerId = "trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp";
await container.items.create({
    category: "Personal",
    name: "Groceries",
    description: "Pick up strawberries",
    isComplete: false
}, {preTriggerInclude: [triggerId]});

The following code shows how to register a pre-trigger using the Python SDK:

import azure.cosmos.cosmos_client as cosmos_client
from azure.cosmos import documents

url = "your_cosmos_db_account_URI"
key = "your_cosmos_db_account_key"
database_name = 'your_cosmos_db_database_name'
container_name = 'your_cosmos_db_container_name'

with open('../js/trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp.js') as file:
    file_contents = file.read()

trigger_definition = {
    'id': 'trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp',
    'serverScript': file_contents,
    'triggerType': documents.TriggerType.Pre,
    'triggerOperation': documents.TriggerOperation.All
}
client = cosmos_client.CosmosClient(url, key)
database = client.get_database_client(database_name)
container = database.get_container_client(container_name)
trigger = container.scripts.create_trigger(trigger_definition)

The following code shows how to call a pre-trigger using the Python SDK:

item = {'category': 'Personal', 'name': 'Groceries',
        'description': 'Pick up strawberries', 'isComplete': False}

result = container.create_item(item, pre_trigger_include='trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp')

The following code shows how to register a post-trigger using the .NET SDK v2:

string triggerId = "trgPostUpdateMetadata";
Trigger trigger = new Trigger
{
    Id = triggerId,
    Body = File.ReadAllText($@"..\js\{triggerId}.js"),
    TriggerOperation = TriggerOperation.Create,
    TriggerType = TriggerType.Post
};
Uri containerUri = UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri("myDatabase", "myContainer");
await client.CreateTriggerAsync(containerUri, trigger);

The following code shows how to call a post-trigger using the .NET SDK v2:

var newItem = { 
    name: "artist_profile_1023",
    artist: "The Band",
    albums: ["Hellujah", "Rotators", "Spinning Top"]
};

RequestOptions options = new RequestOptions { PostTriggerInclude = new List<string> { "trgPostUpdateMetadata" } };
Uri containerUri = UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri("myDatabase", "myContainer");
await client.createDocumentAsync(containerUri, newItem, options);

The following code shows how to register a post-trigger using the .NET SDK v3:

await client.GetContainer("database", "container").Scripts.CreateTriggerAsync(new TriggerProperties
{
    Id = "trgPostUpdateMetadata",
    Body = File.ReadAllText(@"..\js\trgPostUpdateMetadata.js"),
    TriggerOperation = TriggerOperation.Create,
    TriggerType = TriggerType.Post
});

The following code shows how to call a post-trigger using the .NET SDK v3:

var newItem = { 
    name: "artist_profile_1023",
    artist: "The Band",
    albums: ["Hellujah", "Rotators", "Spinning Top"]
};

await client.GetContainer("database", "container").CreateItemAsync(newItem, null, new ItemRequestOptions { PostTriggers = new List<string> { "trgPostUpdateMetadata" } });

The following code shows how to register a post-trigger using the Java SDK:

CosmosTriggerProperties definition = new CosmosTriggerProperties(
    "postUpdateMetadata",
    Files.readString(Paths.get("updateMetadata.js"))
);
definition.setTriggerOperation(TriggerOperation.CREATE);
definition.setTriggerType(TriggerType.POST);

CosmosTriggerResponse response = container
    .getScripts()
    .createTrigger(definition);

The following code shows how to call a post-trigger using the Java SDK:

ToDoItem item = new ToDoItem();
item.category = "Personal";
item.name = "Doctor";
item.description = "Make appointment for check up";
item.isComplete = true;
    
CosmosItemRequestOptions options = new CosmosItemRequestOptions();
options.setPostTriggerInclude(
    Arrays.asList("postUpdateMetadata")
);

CosmosItemResponse<ToDoItem> response = container.createItem(item, options);

The following code shows how to register a post-trigger using the JavaScript SDK:

const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const triggerId = "trgPostUpdateMetadata";
await container.scripts.triggers.create({
    id: triggerId,
    body: require(`../js/${triggerId}`),
    triggerOperation: "create",
    triggerType: "post"
});

The following code shows how to call a post-trigger using the JavaScript SDK:

const item = {
    name: "artist_profile_1023",
    artist: "The Band",
    albums: ["Hellujah", "Rotators", "Spinning Top"]
};
const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const triggerId = "trgPostUpdateMetadata";
await container.items.create(item, {postTriggerInclude: [triggerId]});

The following code shows how to register a post-trigger using the Python SDK:

import azure.cosmos.cosmos_client as cosmos_client
from azure.cosmos import documents

url = "your_cosmos_db_account_URI"
key = "your_cosmos_db_account_key"
database_name = 'your_cosmos_db_database_name'
container_name = 'your_cosmos_db_container_name'

with open('../js/trgPostValidateToDoItemTimestamp.js') as file:
    file_contents = file.read()

trigger_definition = {
    'id': 'trgPostValidateToDoItemTimestamp',
    'serverScript': file_contents,
    'triggerType': documents.TriggerType.Post,
    'triggerOperation': documents.TriggerOperation.All
}
client = cosmos_client.CosmosClient(url, key)
database = client.get_database_client(database_name)
container = database.get_container_client(container_name)
trigger = container.scripts.create_trigger(trigger_definition)

The following code shows how to call a post-trigger using the Python SDK:

item = {'category': 'Personal', 'name': 'Groceries',
        'description': 'Pick up strawberries', 'isComplete': False}
container.create_item(item, pre_trigger_include='trgPreValidateToDoItemTimestamp')

The following code shows how to register a user-defined function using the .NET SDK v2:

string udfId = "Tax";
var udfTax = new UserDefinedFunction
{
    Id = udfId,
    Body = File.ReadAllText($@"..\js\{udfId}.js")
};

Uri containerUri = UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri("myDatabase", "myContainer");
await client.CreateUserDefinedFunctionAsync(containerUri, udfTax);

The following code shows how to call a user-defined function using the .NET SDK v2:

Uri containerUri = UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri("myDatabase", "myContainer");
var results = client.CreateDocumentQuery<dynamic>(containerUri, "SELECT * FROM Incomes t WHERE udf.Tax(t.income) > 20000"));

foreach (var result in results)
{
    //iterate over results
}

The following code shows how to register a user-defined function using the .NET SDK v3:

await client.GetContainer("database", "container").Scripts.CreateUserDefinedFunctionAsync(new UserDefinedFunctionProperties
{
    Id = "Tax",
    Body = File.ReadAllText(@"..\js\Tax.js")
});

The following code shows how to call a user-defined function using the .NET SDK v3:

var iterator = client.GetContainer("database", "container").GetItemQueryIterator<dynamic>("SELECT * FROM Incomes t WHERE udf.Tax(t.income) > 20000");
while (iterator.HasMoreResults)
{
    var results = await iterator.ReadNextAsync();
    foreach (var result in results)
    {
        //iterate over results
    }
}

The following code shows how to register a user-defined function using the Java SDK:

CosmosUserDefinedFunctionProperties definition = new CosmosUserDefinedFunctionProperties(
    "udfTax",
    Files.readString(Paths.get("tax.js"))
);

CosmosUserDefinedFunctionResponse response = container
    .getScripts()
    .createUserDefinedFunction(definition);

The following code shows how to call a user-defined function using the Java SDK:

CosmosQueryRequestOptions options = new CosmosQueryRequestOptions();

CosmosPagedIterable<ToDoItem> iterable = container.queryItems(
    "SELECT t.cost, udf.udfTax(t.cost) AS costWithTax FROM t", 
    options, 
    ToDoItem.class);

The following code shows how to register a user-defined function using the JavaScript SDK:

const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const udfId = "Tax";
await container.userDefinedFunctions.create({
    id: udfId,
    body: require(`../js/${udfId}`)

The following code shows how to call a user-defined function using the JavaScript SDK:

const container = client.database("myDatabase").container("myContainer");
const sql = "SELECT * FROM Incomes t WHERE udf.Tax(t.income) > 20000";
const {result} = await container.items.query(sql).toArray();

The following code shows how to register a user-defined function using the Python SDK:

import azure.cosmos.cosmos_client as cosmos_client

url = "your_cosmos_db_account_URI"
key = "your_cosmos_db_account_key"
database_name = 'your_cosmos_db_database_name'
container_name = 'your_cosmos_db_container_name'

with open('../js/udfTax.js') as file:
    file_contents = file.read()
udf_definition = {
    'id': 'Tax',
    'serverScript': file_contents,
}
client = cosmos_client.CosmosClient(url, key)
database = client.get_database_client(database_name)
container = database.get_container_client(container_name)
udf = container.scripts.create_user_defined_function(udf_definition)

The following code shows how to call a user-defined function using the Python SDK:

results = list(container.query_items(
    'query': 'SELECT * FROM Incomes t WHERE udf.Tax(t.income) > 20000'))