Early Access Features for AppDirect Functions

AppDirect Functions is a new platform feature that lets you deploy custom code to the AppDirect platform to run as webhook listeners. It reduces the operational burden of maintaining separate web infrastructure for using platform features such as webhooks.

Key Features

AppDirect Functions simplify the process of intercepting events, running business logic, and notifying other systems. Here are some of the key features:

• Node.js Support: Create your webhook listener as a regular Node.js application and upload a zip of your code to AppDirect. You can include external npm packages by bundling them in a zip file. For more information, see Getting Started with AppDirect Functions.
• Webhook Handlers: After your function is provisioned, you can create a webhook and point it to your function instead of a standard HTTPS endpoint. AppDirect webhooks will execute your function code and pass in the webhook payload. From your function, you can call any publicly available API.
• Managed Infrastructure: You no longer need to provision a web server to host webhook listeners. AppDirect runs and monitors your function for you.

Known limitations

Currently, AppDirect Functions can only be invoked as webhook listeners. Additional use cases are planned for the future.

Also, the feature is available only in public cloud environments (US and EU). It is not available in private cloud deployments of the AppDirect platform.