Functions
Generated on 15 Sep 2025
Functions are blocks of code that run on demand without the need to manage any infrastructure. Develop on your local machine, test your code from the command line (using doctl), then deploy to a production namespace or App Platform — no servers required.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
Reference
CLI documentation for functions, including example requests and available parameters, and other reference information like project YAML configuration and activation records.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Functions.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Latest Updates
2 September 2025
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The Functions Python 3.11 runtime now includes the
daft,duckdb,polars,pyiceberg, andpysparkpackages. Visit the Python 3.11 runtime documentation for more information.
28 August 2023
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All Functions API calls now require read-write tokens, even if they are for read-only actions. See the Functions section of the DigitalOcean API reference for more details.
26 April 2023
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DigitalOcean Functions now supports functions written in Go 1.20, PHP 8.2, and Python 3.11.
Visit the Functions documentation to learn more about which runtimes are available.
For more information, see all Functions release notes.