Concepts

Webhooks

Webhooks in CIM Database Cloud can be used to call HTTP endpoints with context-related metadata for certain events (e.g. document release). Further information about webhooks can be found in the CIM Database Cloud documentation ⧉.

Functions

Events in CIM Database Cloud can also trigger Functions, which represent user defined code that is executed in the CIM Database Cloud serverless infrastructure. This allows customers to extend the functionality of CIM Database Cloud with custom business logic.

Function Environments

Functions are grouped into Function Environments, which are the container the code runs in. An environment contains a runtime for its specific programming language, the Function code and a configuration file describing the environment.

If the Functions in an environment have not been executed in a while, the environment will become "cold" and the next start of a Function will take a bit longer. Therefore it is recommended to place all your Functions in the same environment.

Function environments are created with the Functions client ⧉:

pipx install contactsoftware-functions-client

cfc login
cfc env create myenvironment