The namespace is currently provided on /run as part of the environment context.
I think the entire context should be moved to /init. This would also address
your use case. Wdyt.
-r
> On Nov 5, 2019, at 12:04 AM, Seong Hyun Oh <seonghyu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, whiskers.
> I want to discuss adding a new field `namespace` in the `/init` API [1]
> that initializes the action.
>
> The action runtime does not know the namespace information when the action
> is initialized.
> In some cases, this namespace information can be useful.
>
> E.g,
> - Initializing a monitoring tool such as APM (Application Performance
> Management)
> - Custom docker actions that require a namespace for initialization
>
> If the namespace is not provided at action init time, runtimes that need a
> namespace should check the namespace every time when action is run.
>
> I'd like to have your views on this proposal
>
> {
> "value": {
> "namespace": String, <- this `namespace` field will be added
> "name" : String,
> "main" : String,
> "code" : String,
> "binary": Boolean,
> "env": Map[String, String]
> }
> }
>
> Thanks
> Seonghyun
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/apache/openwhisk/blob/master/docs/actions-new.md#initialization
