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How to install Python requirements with serverless function?

Is it possible to install Python requirements with a serverless function? Or can we only just built in libraries?

I’m trying to import Selenium.

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Bobby Iliev • August 4, 2022

Hi there,

I’ve not tested this with selenium specifically, but you can install your Python requirements using the following approach:

Create a build.sh file with the following content inside your functions dir:

#!/bin/bash

set -e

virtualenv virtualenv
source virtualenv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
deactivate

You can take a look at the following repo as an example:

https://github.com/digitalocean/sample-functions-python-sendgrid-email/tree/main/packages/sample/emails

Hope that this helps!

Best,

Bobby

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