invoke CLI command reference

invoke CLI command reference

Detailed information on the invoke CLI command

Description

Invoke a method on a given Dapr application.

Supported platforms

Self-Hosted

Usage

dapr invoke [flags]

Flags

Name	Environment Variable	Default	Description
`—app-id`, `-a`	`APP_ID`		The application id to invoke
`—help`, `-h`			Print this help message
`—method`, `-m`			The method to invoke
`—data`, `-d`			The JSON serialized data string (optional)
`—data-file`, `-f`			A file containing the JSON serialized data (optional)
`—verb`, `-v`		`POST`	The HTTP verb to use

Examples

# Invoke a sample method on target app with POST Verb
dapr invoke --app-id target --method sample --data '{"key":"value"}'
# Invoke a sample method on target app with GET Verb
dapr invoke --app-id target --method sample --verb GET

Last modified October 20, 2021: Env variables inconsistency (#1835) (9ddab5df)