Overview
Salesforce Functions
Use the Salesforce Functions features in VS Code to build event-driven, elastically scalable apps and experiences. You can create and test functions against sample payloads locally in VS Code.
Create Function
Run SFDX: Create Function to create a Salesforce Function in Javascript or Java in a Salesforce DX project.
This command creates a new directory named after your Function name and all the supporting files.
- VS Code creates the basic scaffolding that contains files with some rudimentary, boilerplate code and supporting metadata.
- The
package.jsonfile contains information about dependencies.
Start Function
Run SFDX: Start Function to run the function locally.
Invoke Function
The Salesforce extensions add the Invoke and Debug Invoke CodeLens to a file that is in the correct format to send test events to a Function that is running locally. With one click, you can test a function that is running, by invoking it with a mock payload. You can also debug the function against the payload.
A sample payload.json file that can invoke a function:
Stop Function
Stop a function by running SFDX: Stop Function, which simply kills the local process.
Resources
For more information see Get Started with Salesforce Functions.