Create and Update a Function

A function can be created in the console or through TCCLI.

Creating a Function in the Console

1. Log in to the SCF console and select Functions on the left.
2. Select the region for which to create functions at the top of the main interface. Click Create to enter the function creation process.
3. You can choose to use Blank function or Function template to create a function.
   • When using Blank function, you need to enter the required function name and runtime environment to create the function.
   • When using Function template, you need to enter the required function name to create the function, and the configuration such as runtime environment depends on the configuration in the template.

Creating a Function Through TCCLI

Before starting, you need to install and configure TCCLI by following the instructions in TCCLI Installation and Configuration.
Use the tccli scf CreateFunction command to create a function.

Creating a Function with a Local zip Package

The sample below creates a function using a local zip package.
First, Base64-encode the zip package named hello.zip for URL encoding:

$ alias urlencode='python -c "import sys, urllib as ul;print ul.quote_plus(sys.argv[1])"'
$ urlencode `base64 -i hello.zip` 
UEsDBBQACAAIAFaEJU0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIABAAaW5kZXgucHlVWAwAQpWPWyOVj1v2ARQAU07OT8nMS7ctLUnTteDiSklNU8hNzMzTSC1LzSvRUUjOzytJrSjRtOJSAIKCosy8Eg2ljNScnHyF8vyinBQlTSQJsB6IQFFqSWlRngJYhAsAUEsHCAg25ABRAAAAZAAAAFBLAwQKAAAAAABnhCVNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACQAQAF9fTUFDT1NYL1VYDABClY9bQpWPW%2FYBFABQSwMEFAAIAAgAVoQlTQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABMAEABfX01BQ09TWC8uX2luZGV4LnB5VVgMAEKVj1sjlY9b9gEUAGNgFWNnYGJg8E1MVvAPVohQgAKQGAMnEBsBcR0Qg%2FgbGIgCjiEhQVAmSMcCIBZAU8KIEJdKzs%2FVSywoyEnVy0ksLiktTk1JSSxJVQ4IBik0mtofDaIPhAvogWgAUEsHCAyTbm5cAAAAsAAAAFBLAQIVAxQACAAIAFaEJU0INuQAUQAAAGQAAAAIAAwAAAAAAAAAAECkgQAAAABpbmRleC5weVVYCABClY9bI5WPW1BLAQIVAwoAAAAAAGeEJU0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJAAwAAAAAAAAAAED9QZcAAABfX01BQ09TWC9VWAgAQpWPW0KVj1tQSwECFQMUAAgACABWhCVNDJNublwAAACwAAAAEwAMAAAAAAAAAABApIHOAAAAX19NQUNPU1gvLl9pbmRleC5weVVYCABClY9bI5WPW1BLBQYAAAAAAwADANIAAAB7AQAAAAA%3D

Then, create a function using the generated content in Base64 encoding:

$ tccli scf CreateFunction --FunctionName testclifunc --Handler index.main --Runtime Python2.7 --Code '{"ZipFile":"UEsDBBQACAAIAFaEJU0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIABAAaW5kZXgucHlVWAwAQpWPWyOVj1v2ARQAU07OT8nMS7ctLUnTteDiSklNU8hNzMzTSC1LzSvRUUjOzytJrSjRtOJSAIKCosy8Eg2ljNScnHyF8vyinBQlTSQJsB6IQFFqSWlRngJYhAsAUEsHCAg25ABRAAAAZAAAAFBLAwQKAAAAAABnhCVNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACQAQAF9fTUFDT1NYL1VYDABClY9bQpWPW%2FYBFABQSwMEFAAIAAgAVoQlTQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABMAEABfX01BQ09TWC8uX2luZGV4LnB5VVgMAEKVj1sjlY9b9gEUAGNgFWNnYGJg8E1MVvAPVohQgAKQGAMnEBsBcR0Qg%2FgbGIgCjiEhQVAmSMcCIBZAU8KIEJdKzs%2FVSywoyEnVy0ksLiktTk1JSSxJVQ4IBik0mtofDaIPhAvogWgAUEsHCAyTbm5cAAAAsAAAAFBLAQIVAxQACAAIAFaEJU0INuQAUQAAAGQAAAAIAAwAAAAAAAAAAECkgQAAAABpbmRleC5weVVYCABClY9bI5WPW1BLAQIVAwoAAAAAAGeEJU0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJAAwAAAAAAAAAAED9QZcAAABfX01BQ09TWC9VWAgAQpWPW0KVj1tQSwECFQMUAAgACABWhCVNDJNublwAAACwAAAAEwAMAAAAAAAAAABApIHOAAAAX19NQUNPU1gvLl9pbmRleC5weVVYCABClY9bI5WPW1BLBQYAAAAAAwADANIAAAB7AQAAAAA%3D"}'

{
    "RequestId": "296275c4-d45f-41d4-b5c2-4ffd4156f783"
}

Creating a Function with COS

The sample below creates a function using a zip package in a COS bucket.
To create a function with COS, you need to authorize the corresponding bucket to the SCF platform, so that the platform can access the code file and download it after authorization.
You can create a function in the console and upload the code from a bucket, and the system will automatically complete the authorization in the frontend.
If you have never created a function in the console, you can set bucket authorization by yourself so that the SCF platform can access the code file. For more information, see Permission Management.

First, upload the zip package named hello.zip to the bucket named gzcode in the same region, and then create the function using the following command:

$ tccli scf CreateFunction --FunctionName testclifunc --Handler index.main --Runtime Python2.7 --Code '{"CosBucketName":"gzcode","CosObjectName":"/hello.zip"}'

{
    "RequestId": "59b6c32f-56e2-4322-b81d-f6ab910f5265"
}

Function Configuration Update

A function can be updated in the console or through TCCLI. Function update is divided into function configuration update and function code update.

Updating Function Configuration in the Console

1. Log in to the SCF console and select Functions on the left.
2. Select the region for which to update functions at the top of the main interface. Click the function you want to update in the list page and enter the function details page.
3. Switch to the function configuration tab and click Edit at the upper right corner to enter the editing mode.
4. Modify the description, memory, timeout, environment variable, and network configuration of the function as needed.
5. After the modification is completed, click Save to save the modified configuration. If you want to cancel, click Cancel to discard the changes.

Updating Function Configuration Through TCCLI

The function configuration can be updated using the tccli scf UpdateFunctionConfigration command, where FunctionName is a required parameter indicating the name of the function you want to modify.

$ tccli scf UpdateFunctionConfiguration --FunctionName testcli --Timeout 30
{
    "RequestId": "153496c8-0cd2-40ef-a435-9d67ee6e4387"
}

Function Code Update

Updating Function Code in the Console

1. Log in to the SCF console and select Functions on the left.
2. Select the region for which to update functions at the top of the main interface. Click the function you want to update in the list page and enter the function details page.
3. Switch to the function code tab. For scripting languages, you can see the function code editor. For non-scripting languages, you can only see the entry for code upload.
4. You can directly edit the entry function in the code editor. You can also switch to code upload mode to submit the function by uploading a zip package locally or through COS.
5. After the modification is completed, click Save to save or submit the new code. If you want to cancel, click Cancel to discard the changes.

Updating Function Code Through TCCLI

The function code can be updated using the tccli scf UpdateFunctionCode command, where FunctionName is a required parameter indicating the name of the function you want to modify. The Handler parameter can be used to update the function execution method.

$ tccli scf UpdateFunctionCode --FunctionName testclifunc --CosBucketName gzcode --CosObjectName "/hello.zip" --Handler index.main
{
    "RequestId": "2a15e5bc-e6ec-409f-ba8c-8524e642e528"
}