### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/azure/cli-reference/invoke) # Azure - Invoke Invokes deployed function. It allows the user to send event data to the function and display the results of the function invocation. ```bash serverless invoke --function functionName ``` ## Options - `--resourceGroup` or `-g` - Specify the resource group name - `--stage` or `-s` - Specify stage name - `--region` or `-r` - Specify region name - `--subscriptionId` or `-i` - Specify subscription ID - `--config` or `-c` Name of your configuration file, if other than `serverless.yml|.yaml|.js|.json`. - `--function` or `-f` The name of the function in your service that you want to invoke. **Required**. - `--path` or `-p` The path to a json file with input data to be passed to the invoked function. This path is relative to the root directory of the service. - `--data` or `-d` Stringified JSON data to be used as input to the function You can also run `invoke local` to invoke a locally running function app or `invoke apim` to invoke a function via the configured APIM endpoint. ## Provided lifecycle events - `invoke:invoke` ## Examples ```bash # Invoke function directly serverless invoke --function functionName ``` ```bash # Invoke function running locally $ serverless invoke local --function functionName ``` ```bash # Invoke function via configured APIM endpoint $ serverless invoke apim --function functionName ``` This example will invoke your deployed function on the configured platform endpoint. This will output the result of the invocation in your terminal. #### Function invocation with data ```bash serverless invoke --function functionName --data '{"name": "Bernie"}' ``` #### Function invocation with data passing ```bash serverless invoke --function functionName --path data.json ``` This example will pass the json data in the `data.json` file (relative to the root of the service) while invoking the specified/deployed function.