Function Dev

Serverless Function Development on Butterbase

Guide for developing and deploying serverless functions on Butterbase's Deno runtime. Covers handler signatures, trigger types, database access, environment variables, and testing.

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1. Handler Signature

Every function exports a single handler function with this signature:

export async function handler(
  request: Request,
  context: {
    db: PostgresClient,                                  // RLS-aware DB client
    env: Record<string, string>,                         // env vars set on the function
    user: { id: string } | null,                         // present for HTTP+auth:required; null for cron
    waitUntil: (p: Promise<unknown>) => void,            // background work after Response (≤30s)
    idempotency: {
      claim: (key: string, opts?: { scope?: string; ttlSeconds?: number }) => Promise<boolean>
    }                                                    // atomic dedup for webhook retries
  }
): Promise<Response>

CRITICAL: The handler MUST return new Response() (Web API standard). Do NOT return plain objects.