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Helper Functions

Functions are run within an (Isolated-vm) instance and will therefore have limited access to features you'd normally expect from within NodeJS (e.g.: http and filesystem access).

To still enable some of these functionalities, the runtime ships with a few global functions that we call 'Helper Functions'.

Connecting to the DataAPI

• gql Send queries and mutations to the DataAPI

Generate Docx files

• generateDocx Generate Docx files based on a template

HTTP(S) Requests

• fetch Used to make HTTP(S) requests. Wrapper around node-fetch

Logging

• console.log Print statements to the Application Logs. (Currently only available to internal developers)

Running actions

• runAction Running (sub) actions

Sending emails

• smtp Sending emails

SQL

• SQL Send raw SQL queries to external databases

Storing files

• storeFile Store files in the asset store

Parse data

• parseData Parse different data formats