#Auth0 Webtasks - Invoke

Invokes a deployed Function. It allows you to send event data to the Function and returns the response.

serverless invoke --function functionName

#Options

• --function or -f The name of the function in your service that you want to invoke. Required.
• --stage or -s The stage in your service that you want to deploy to. The default stage is 'dev'.
• --profile or -p The Auth0 Webtasks profile to use when deploying your service. The 'serverless' profile is used by default.
• --data or -d String data to be passed as an event to your function. By default data is read from standard input.
• --path or -p The path to a JSON file with input data to be passed to the invoked function. This path is relative to the root directory of the service.

#Provided lifecycle events

• invoke:invoke

#Examples

#Invoking a Function

serverless invoke --function main

This example will invoke the 'main' function for the default 'dev' stage. The webtask will be invoked with an HTTP POST request by default. The command will return the HTTP status code and body of the response.

#Invoking a Function with data

serverless invoke --function main --data '{"message":"Serverless + Webtasks!"}'

This example will invoke the 'main' function for the default 'dev' stage. The webtask will be invoked with an HTTP POST and a request body that includes the JSON payload: {"message":"Serverless + Webtasks!"}.

#Invoking a Function with specific HTTP method

serverless invoke --function main --data '{"method":"GET", "body":{"message":"Serverless + Webtasks!"}}'

This example will invoke the 'main' function for the default 'dev' stage. The webtask will be invoked with an HTTP GET request and a request body that includes the JSON payload: {"message":"Serverless + Webtasks!"}.

#Invoking a Function with a request query string

serverless invoke --function main --data '{"query":{"message":"Serverless + Webtasks!"}}'

This example will invoke the 'main' function for the default 'dev' stage. The webtask will be invoked with an HTTP POST request and a request query string: ?message=Serverless%20%2B%20Webtasks!.