How to Create Functions
Create and deploy a function using the command line or control panel.
Functions How-Tos
Generated on 9 May 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.
Create
How to Develop Functions
Improve your serverless development with this guidance on invoking, iterating on, and observing DigitalOcean Functions.
How to Destroy Functions
You can destroy individual functions at any time. You can also destroy all functions in a namespace at once by resetting the namespace.
How to Include Static Files
Node.js, Python, and PHP functions include all the files in their directory when deployed. Functions written in Go must use the embed package to refer to these files.
How to Structure Projects
Projects contain functions that are grouped into packages and configured by a project.yml file.
Configure
How to Configure Functions
Configure the resource limits, runtime, and environment of your DigitalOcean Functions.
How to Schedule Functions
Schedule functions to run periodically.
How to Forward Logs
You can configure functions to forward console and error logs from the function to a third-party logging service. Functions supports Papertrail, Datadog, and Logtail.
Deploy and Use
How to Call Long-running Functions Asynchronously
You can invoke long-running functions asynchronously using the doctl command line tool or the Functions REST API. You cannot run functions invoked as web functions asynchronously.
How to Deploy Functions to App Platform
Use App Platform to deploy your Functions as a component of a production app.
Namespaces
How to Create Namespaces to Organize DigitalOcean Functions
Namespaces are a level of isolation and organization for functions and their settings. All functions and projects must be created in a namespace.
How to Destroy Namespaces
Namespaces are a level of isolation and organization for functions and their settings. All functions and projects must be created in a namespace. Destroying a namespace permanently destroys all of its projects and functions.