### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aliyun/cli-reference/invoke) # Alibaba Cloud - Invoke Invokes a deployed function. You can send event data, read logs and display other important information of the function invocation. ```bash serverless invoke --function functionName ``` ## Options - `--function` or `-f` The name of the function in your service that you want to invoke. **Required**. - `--data` or `-d` Data you want to pass into the function. ## Examples ### Simple function invocation ```bash serverless invoke --function functionName ``` This example will invoke the deployed function and output the result of the invocation in the terminal. ### Function invocation with data ```bash serverless invoke --function functionName --data '{"name": "Bob"}' ``` This example will invoke the function with the provided data and output the result in the terminal.