gcloud_functions_call (1)

NAME

gcloud functions call - trigger execution of a Google Cloud Function

SYNOPSIS

gcloud functions call (NAME : --region=REGION) [--data=DATA] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Function resource - The Cloud function name to execute. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the [project] attribute: provide the argument [NAME] on the command line with a fully specified name; provide the argument [--project] on the command line; set the property [core/project]. This must be specified.

NAME

ID of the function or fully qualified identifier for the function. This positional must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--region=REGION

The Cloud region for the function. Overrides the default functions/region property value for this command invocation.

FLAGS

--data=DATA

JSON string with data that will be passed to the function.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --account, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity. Run $ gcloud help for details.

EXAMPLES

To call a function giving it hello world in message field of its event argument (depending on your environment you might need to escape characters in --data flag value differently):

$ gcloud functions call helloWorld \
  --data '{"message": "Hello World!"}'

NOTES

These variants are also available:

$ gcloud alpha functions call $ gcloud beta functions call