### [Read this on the main serverless docs site](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/spotinst/cli-reference/invoke) # Spotinst Functions - Invoke Invokes a deployed function. You can send event data, read logs and display other important information of the function invocation. ```bash serverless invoke -f functionName ``` ## Pass Body Data ```bash serverless invoke -f functionName --data "{}" ``` ## Pass Body data via file ```bash serverless invoke -f functionName --path data.json ``` #### Example `data.json` ```bash $ cat data.json { "Key": "Spotinst Functions is Value" } ``` ## Options - `--function` or `-f` The name of the function in your service that you want to invoke. **Required**. - `--data` or `-d` String data to be passed as an event to your function. By default data is read from standard input. - `--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. - `--type` or `-t` The type of invocation. Either `RequestResponse`, `Event` or `DryRun`. Default is `RequestResponse`. - `--log` or `-l` If set to `true` and invocation type is `RequestResponse`, it will output logging data of the invocation. Default is `false`.