Azure pipeline for DocFx (hosted as Azure web app), repo in GitHub

[RomanSebranek]

Hi guys, can someone help how to create Azure pipeline for DocFx, which is hosted as Azure web app resource from GitHub?
Many thanks!

[Panda-Sharp]

This is what I wrote some time ago, in my case the repo is in ADO and I publish to an Azure static web app, it's not the cleanest but it works, hope it helps you out

trigger: 
- none

pool:
  vmImage: windows-latest
  
resources:
  repositories:
  - repository: dotnet-apis
    type: git
    name: my-dotnet-apis

stages:
- stage: 'DEV'
  jobs:  
  
  - job: 'Build'
    steps:
    - checkout: self
      fetchDepth: 1
    - checkout: dotnet-apis
      fetchDepth: 1

    - task: NuGetCommand@2
      displayName: 'Install DocFX'
      inputs:
        command: 'custom'
        arguments: 'install docfx.console'

    - task: PowerShell@2
      displayName: 'List files and folders'
      inputs:
        targetType: 'inline'
        script: Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Depth 2

    - task: PowerShell@2
      displayName: 'Run DocFX'
      inputs:
        targetType: 'inline'
        script: |
          $docfxDir = "docfx.console"
          $project = ".\my-dotnet-apis\Microservices\Features\Features.Api\Features.Api.csproj"
          $docfxMetadataDest = "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\docfx.console\content\obj\api"
          $docfxJson = ".\docfx.console\content\docfx.json"
          
          Get-ChildItem -Path "./" -Filter "$docfxDir.*" | Rename-Item -NewName $docfxDir
          Move-Item -Path ".\docfx\templates\" -Destination ".\docfx.console\content\"
          .\docfx.console\tools\docfx.exe metadata $project -o $docfxMetadataDest
          .\docfx.console\tools\docfx.exe $docfxJson -o .\ -t default,templates/singulinkfx

    - task: PowerShell@2
      displayName: 'List files and folders'
      inputs:
        targetType: 'inline'
        script: Get-ChildItem '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\_site'

    - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
      inputs:
        targetPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)\_site'
        artifact: '_site'
        publishLocation: 'pipeline'

  - job: 'Deploy'
    dependsOn: 'Build'
    pool:
      vmImage: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - checkout: none

    - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
      inputs:
        buildType: 'current'
        artifactName: '_site'
        targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/_site'
        
    - task: PowerShell@2
      inputs:
        targetType: 'inline'
        script: Get-ChildItem '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\_site' | select Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, Name

    - task: AzureStaticWebApp@0
      inputs:
        workingDirectory: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
        app_location: '_site'
        azure_static_web_apps_api_token: '$(deployment_token)'