Sample Function: Go "Hello World"

Introduction

This repository contains a sample "Hello World" function written in Go. You can deploy it on DigitalOcean's App Platform as a Serverless Function component. Documentation is available at https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/functions.

Requirements

• You need a DigitalOcean account. If you don't already have one, you can sign up at https://cloud.digitalocean.com/registrations/new.
• To deploy from the command line, you will need the DigitalOcean doctl CLI.

Deploying the Function

# clone this repo
git clone git@github.com:digitalocean/sample-functions-golang-helloworld.git

# deploy the project, using a remote build so that compiled executable matched runtime environment
> doctl serverless deploy sample-functions-golang-helloworld --remote-build
Deploying 'sample-functions-golang-helloworld'
  to namespace 'fn-...'
  on host 'https://faas-...'
Submitted action 'hello' for remote building and deployment in runtime go:default (id: ...)

Deployed functions ('doctl sls fn get <funcName> --url' for URL):
  - sample/hello

Using the Function

doctl serverless functions invoke sample/hello

{
  "body": "Hello stranger!"
}

doctl serverless functions invoke sample/hello -p name:Sammy

{
  "body": "Hello Sammy!"
}

Learn More

You can learn more about Functions and App Platform integration in the official App Platform Documentation.