Event

Fields on the event object.

• event.path
  • The request path.
  • e.g. /.netlify/functions/abc.
  • e.g. Requesting the ABC function with /.netlify/functions/abc/def.json

      event.path
      // "/.netlify/functions/abc/def.json"
            
      const name = event.path.split("/")[4];
      // "def.json"
    

• event.httpMethod the request HTTP method e.g. "GET".
• event.headers the request headers
• event.queryStringParameters
  • The request query parameters. e.g. /.netlify/functions/abc?a=b&d=123 as { a: "b", d: 123 }.
  • For URL with ?myParam=foo, get with

      const myParam = event.queryStringParameters.myParam;
    

• event.body the request body in JSON format. Such as if receiving data on a POST.