Remove strict requirement for -l debug and -o flags from twilio-cli

[deathemperor]

Issue Summary

Getting an unknown error when initializing a serverless project using verify template. Then unable to add -l debug to twilio-cli

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install twilio-cli
2. run twilio serverless:init verify-sample --template=verify
3. run twilio serverless:init verify-sample --template=verify -l debug

Technical details:

• twilio-cli version: 2.5.0
• node version: 12.10.0
• Command output with debug logging enabled (adding -l debug to the end of the command): unable to run with -l debug

[philnash]

Hey there! The serverless command is provided by the @twilio-labs/plugin-serverless plugin and ultimately calls @twilio-labs/create-twilio-function which I maintain and has not implemented the -l flag yet (issue has been raised for this here).

I am concerned about the error though. There shouldn't be an issue between the plugin and the CLI.

Can you run twilio plugins and tell me which version of @twilio-labs/plugin-serverless you are using?

Are you able to run the same command with create-twilio-function?

npm init twilio-function verify-sample --template=verify

Thanks for reporting this.

[deathemperor]

Can you run twilio plugins and tell me which version of @twilio-labs/plugin-serverless you are using?

Runnning twillio plugins I only get this (no version):

twilio plugins
@twilio-labs/plugin-serverless

but I've just reinstalled the plugin so is it safe to assume it's the latest?

Are you able to run the same command with create-twilio-function?

I'm able to create the verify-sample project with this command.

Thanks for your support @philnash .

[philnash]

Thanks for following up @deathemperor. I have some more questions as I am trying to reproduce this error.

Running twilio plugins:update should give you the latest version of the serverless plugin, which should be 1.7.1.

Do you have a profile set up for the Twilio CLI? (Did you call twilio login or twilio profiles:create at some point?)

Do the other twilio serverless commands work for you? You should be able to run them within the project you have now been able to create.

[deathemperor]

Do you have a profile set up for the Twilio CLI? (Did you call twilio login or twilio profiles:create at some point?)

yes I do.

Do the other twilio serverless commands work for you? You should be able to run them within the project you have now been able to create.

yes it does, like twilio serverless:start. In fact, I've always been able to run twilio serverless:start and twilio serverless:deploy and always failed to run the init. But back then I create the twilio project myself and then add the verify js files. Yesterday I tried doing the verify template again (there was some issue with the serverless deployment) to find a fix and found this. FYI my node version is 12.

[eshanholtz]

It looks like not all plugins are supporting the -l and -o flags. The issue to fix the messaging has been added to our internal backlog to be prioritized (reference ID: DI-810). Pull requests and +1s on the issue summary will help it move up the backlog.

[eshanholtz]

@deathemperor Forgot to mention, for further help with the serverless plugin, please open a separate issue in the plugin-serverless github repo