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no headers in web event

I have set up a very basic DO serverless function. I am not seeing a http object in any of my events. Here’s a quick look at the function (very very simple):

export const main = async (event: unknown) => {
  return event
}

I am running a POST to https://faas-nyc1-2ef2e6cc.doserverless.co/api/v1/namespaces/<my-namespace>/actions/serverless-postmark/send

payload: {"message": "derp"}

and http headers: {referer: 'http://locahost:3000', 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}

Very simple, very dumb. Here’s the entirety of the response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 20:54:07 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 82
Connection: close
X-Request-ID: bb024d8bdc00a3a25ee24986d8e67c03
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization, Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, User-Agent
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, DELETE, POST, PUT, HEAD
x-openwhisk-activation-id: 771c4625c99f41539c4625c99f215387
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, private
CF-Cache-Status: DYNAMIC
Server: cloudflare
CF-RAY: 8fb567003ca70fa7-EWR

{"message":"derp"}

No http object. Any guesses?

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Bobby Iliev
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February 9, 2025

Hey

In your project.yml, do you have the web property set to true for the function that you’re trying to access via HTTP? If not, you can add it like this:

packages:
  - name: my-package
    functions:
      - name: serverless-postmark
        web: true

That should allow you to access the function via HTTP as per the docs here.

For the status code issue, as far as I remember, the DigitalOcean Functions return 200 OK by default unless you enable web: raw in your function config. You can do that in project.yml:

packages:
  - name: my-package
    functions:
      - name: serverless-postmark
        web: raw

For more details, you can check the Parameters and Responses docs and the WebSecure configuration.

If this still doesn’t work, it might be worth reaching out to DigitalOcean support to confirm if there are any runtime-specific limitations.

Let me know how it goes!

- Bobby

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