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Specifying the entrypoint in a DO Function

I want to specify the file name and function name as the entrypoint to my function. The docs are not very helpful here as they don’t provide any examples. Is this possible, and if so, how would it be done? I would also love some examples in general; I haven’t gotten my function to work when setting anyy value for the main config setting; any non-empty-string results in a variety of errors.


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alexdo
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June 19, 2023

Hello @timmyichen

To specify a custom entry point for your function, you need to provide the handler configuration in your app.yaml file. The handler configuration should be in the format filename.functionname.

Here’s an example:

  1. services:
  2. my-service:
  3. functions:
  4. my-function:
  5. handler: myfile.myfunction

In this example, your custom function named myfunction should be contained within a file named myfile.py

If you’re still encountering errors, please double-check your app.yaml file and the function definition in your Python file. Make sure there are no typos or syntax errors.

For more information on working with apps and functions, you can check out our documentation here: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/manage-functions/

Hope that this helps!

Still not sure how the main config setting works, but I was able to get what I needed by editing my package.json’s main field.

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