Function Inputs
Overview of function inputs
In different scenarios, your functions might receive different inputs from CodeMash. Here are all the available scenarios when a certain input is passed to your function.
General form
In general, all of your functions will receive two parameters - event and context parameter. The event parameter is some kind of data depending on how a function was called. The context parameter is just some information about the function itself. Your function handler (entry function) might look like the following.
Where event is of the following form:
Event parameter | Type | Description |
projectId | string | Your project ID. |
input | object | Some input depending on the function invocation scenario. |
Function event input
As stated above, the event input parameter varies depending on how the function was invoked. The following shows all the different input forms.
Calling through API
When calling a function through an API call your event will have the following form.
Parameter | Type | Description |
initiatorUserId | string | The ID of a user who called this function. |
template | string | A static JSON string that you have defined in your function configuration page. |
data | string | Any string that you pass into API request. |
Collection triggers
When the function is invoked from the collection trigger your event will have the following form.
Parameter | Type | Description |
initiatorUserId | string | The ID of a user who triggered this trigger (who inserted, updated or deleted a record). |
template | string | A static JSON string that you have defined in your function configuration page. |
collectionName | string | Collection name of the collection which trigger was invoked. |
triggerType | string | Type of action that called this trigger (one of the Insert, Update or Delete). |
formerRecord | string | JSON string of a former (before update or deleted) record. It's not passed if this is an insert type. |
newRecord | string | JSON string of a new (updated or inserted) record. It's not passed if this is a delete type. |
User triggers
When the function is invoked from the user trigger your event input will have the following form.
Parameter | Type | Description |
initiatorUserId | string | The ID of a user who triggered this trigger (who registered, invited, updated or deleted a user). |
template | string | A static JSON string that you have defined in your function configuration page. |
triggerType | string | Type of action that called this trigger (one of the Register, Invite, Verified, Update, or Delete). |
formerUser | object | JSON string of a former (before update or deleted) user. It's not passed if this is a register, invite, or verified type. |
newUser | object | JSON string of a new (registered, invited, verified, or updated) user. It's not passed if this is a delete type. |
The form of former and new users is as follows.
Parameter | Type | Description |
id | string | The ID of a user. |
modifiedOn | string | When the record was modified (UTC). |
createdOn | string | When the record was created (UTC). |
string | User's email. | |
displayName | string | User's display name. |
firstName | string | User's first name. |
lastName | string | User's last name. |
meta | string | User's meta JSON object as a string. |
File triggers
When the function is invoked from the file trigger your event input will have the following form.
Parameter | Type | Description |
initiatorUserId | string | The ID of a user who triggered this trigger (who created or deleted a file). |
template | string | A static JSON string that you have defined in your function configuration page. |
triggerType | string | Type of action that called this trigger (one of the CreateFile, DeleteFile). |
formerFile | object | JSON string of a former (deleted) file. It's not passed if this is an create type. |
newUser | object | JSON string of a new (created) file. It's not passed if this is a delete type. |
The form of a former and new file are as follows.
Parameter | Type | Description |
id | string | The ID of a file. |
modifiedOn | string | When the record was modified (UTC). |
createdOn | string | When the record was created (UTC). |
originalName | string | File's original name. |
uniqueName | string | File's unique name. |
contentType | string | File's content type (MIME type). |
size | long (int64) | Size of a file. |
enumerator | integer | File's enumerator of the same name. |
directory | string | Path to a file. |
meta | object | Key value pair (string: string) of file meta data. |
optimizations | array | Object array of file optimizations. Optimization object has fields |
isPublic | bool | If true, file is public. |
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