call | SurrealDB

Runs a SurrealQL function, built-in or custom, and returns its result.

Method Syntax

client.call(fn_name, args, session, txn)

Arguments

Argument	Description
`fn_name`	The function name, for example `fn::greet` or `time::now`.
`args`	The function arguments, each CBOR-encoded, as a `List[List[UInt8]]`.
`session`	An optional session id.
`txn`	An optional transaction id.

Example usage

from surrealdb import CborCodec
from std.collections import List

var codec = CborCodec()
var args = List[List[UInt8]]()
args.append(codec.encode_text("Chiru"))

var resp = client.call("fn::greet", args)