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function = client.functions.create(
    name="myfunction",
    folder="path/to/code",
    function_path="path/to/function.py")

function = client.functions.create(
    name="myfunction", file_id=123, function_path="path/to/function.py")

function = client.functions.create(name="myfunction", function_handle=handle)

def handle(client, data):
    """
    [requirements]
    numpy
    [/requirements]
    """
    pass
function = client.functions.create(name="myfunction", function_handle=handle)
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/functions \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"name": "My awesome function",
"fileId": 5467347282343
}
]
}
'
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{name: 'My awesome function', fileId: 5467347282343}]})
};

fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/functions', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/functions",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'name' => 'My awesome function',
'fileId' => 5467347282343
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/functions"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"My awesome function\",\n \"fileId\": 5467347282343\n }\n ]\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/functions")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"My awesome function\",\n \"fileId\": 5467347282343\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/functions")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"My awesome function\",\n \"fileId\": 5467347282343\n }\n ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": 4503599627370496,
      "createdTime": 123455234,
      "status": "Queued",
      "name": "myfunction",
      "fileId": 4503599627370496,
      "functionType": "classic",
      "externalId": "my.known.id",
      "owner": "user@cognite.com",
      "description": "My fantastic function with advanced ML",
      "metadata": {},
      "secrets": {
        "MySecret": "***"
      },
      "functionPath": "myfunction/handler.py",
      "envVars": {
        "MyKey": "MyValue"
      },
      "cpu": 1,
      "memory": 1.5,
      "runtime": "py313",
      "runtimeVersion": "Python 3.11.10",
      "error": {
        "message": "Function deployment failed.",
        "trace": "ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pandas==99.0.0\nERROR: No matching distribution found for pandas==99.0.0"
      },
      "lastCalled": 1730204346000
    }
  ]
}
{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.

Body

application/json
items
object[]
required

Array of functions to create.

Required array length: 1 element

Response

List of functions.

items
object[]
required
Last modified on July 10, 2026