deploy-function

Deploy a function using the Appwrite CLI

Prerequisites

• Appwrite CLI installed (npm install -g appwrite-cli)
• Authenticated with appwrite login
• Project initialized with appwrite init

Quick Deploy

appwrite push functions

Full Workflow

1. Initialize a new function

appwrite init functions

This scaffolds a new function with a starter template and adds it to appwrite.config.json.

2. Pull existing functions from Console

appwrite pull functions

3. Configuration

Functions are configured in appwrite.config.json:

{
    "projectId": "<PROJECT_ID>",
    "endpoint": "https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1",
    "functions": [
        {
            "$id": "<FUNCTION_ID>",
            "name": "userAuth",
            "enabled": true,
            "live": true,
            "logging": true,
            "runtime": "node-18.0",
            "deployment": "<DEPLOYMENT_ID>",
            "vars": [],
            "events": [],
            "schedule": "",
            "timeout": 15,
            "entrypoint": "userAuth.js",
            "commands": "npm install",
            "version": "v3",
            "path": "functions/userAuth"
        }
    ]
}

4. Deploy

appwrite push functions

CI/CD (Non-Interactive)

Set up headless mode first:

appwrite client \
    --endpoint https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1 \
    --project-id <PROJECT_ID> \
    --key <API_KEY>

Then deploy non-interactively:

# Push all functions
appwrite push functions --all --force

# Push a specific function
appwrite push functions --function-id <FUNCTION_ID> --force

# Push all resources at once (functions, tables, buckets, teams, topics)
appwrite push all --all --force

Function Management Commands

Command	Description
appwrite functions list	List all functions in the project
appwrite functions create	Create a new function
appwrite functions get --function-id <ID>	Get a function by ID
appwrite functions update --function-id <ID>	Update a function
appwrite functions delete --function-id <ID>	Delete a function
appwrite functions list-runtimes	List all active runtimes

Deployment Commands

Command	Description
appwrite functions list-deployments --function-id <ID>	List all deployments
appwrite functions create-deployment --function-id <ID>	Upload a new deployment
appwrite functions get-deployment --function-id <ID> --deployment-id <ID>	Get a deployment
appwrite functions update-deployment --function-id <ID> --deployment-id <ID>	Set active deployment
appwrite functions delete-deployment --function-id <ID> --deployment-id <ID>	Delete a deployment
appwrite functions download-deployment --function-id <ID> --deployment-id <ID>	Download deployment contents

Execution Commands

Command	Description
appwrite functions create-execution --function-id <ID>	Trigger a function execution
appwrite functions list-executions --function-id <ID>	List execution logs
appwrite functions get-execution --function-id <ID> --execution-id <ID>	Get an execution log

Trigger with body

appwrite functions create-execution \
    --function-id <FUNCTION_ID> \
    --body '{"key": "value"}'

Environment Variables

Command	Description
appwrite functions list-variables --function-id <ID>	List all variables
appwrite functions create-variable --function-id <ID> --key <KEY> --value <VALUE>	Create a variable
appwrite functions update-variable --function-id <ID> --variable-id <ID> --key <KEY> --value <VALUE>	Update a variable
appwrite functions delete-variable --function-id <ID> --variable-id <ID>	Delete a variable

Variables are accessible at runtime as environment variables.

Local Development

Run your function locally for quick debugging:

appwrite run functions

This starts a local development server that watches for file changes and automatically rebuilds.