function missing in the params

[swizardlv]

Environment details:

• bluemix

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. pass the params to openwisk as

   const uuid = require("node-uuid");
   const params = Object.assign({}, {
   actionName: "testIngest"
   }, {
   blocking: true,
   params: {
       "abc":"def",
       "uuid":uuid
   }
   });
   console.log(params);
   openWhisk.actions.invoke(params)

2. in the openwhisk,

   function main(params) {
   return { "message": "you sent me " + JSON.stringify(params) };
   }

Provide the expected results and outputs:

you sent me {"abc":"def", "uuid": xxxxxxxx}

Provide the actual results and outputs:

you sent me {"abc":"def"}

Additional information you deem important:

• issue happens only occasionally or under certain circumstances
• changes you did or observed in the environment

[rabbah]

> node
> const uuid = require("node-uuid");
undefined
> JSON.stringify({x:uuid})
'{}'

Are you meaning to get a new uuid and pass that to openwhisk as a parameter rather than passing the uuid object itself anyway? Undefined/functions are not serialized anyway.

[rabbah]

Try this instead:

JSON.stringify({x:uuid.v1()})
'{"x":"98bf0460-e9d5-11e6-84e9-736ec63b0367"}'

[swizardlv]

@rabbah i want to pass some functions to openwhisk (maybe some rest call with credentials). in the action of openwhisk it can be called with some parameters.

is that possible?

[rabbah]

Parameters passed between actions are json objects - you have to serialize values otherwise it will be work. You can send a function as a string and eval it in some other action to run it.

[rabbah]

Closing as invalid (if you want to pass a function, you can serialize it to string and eval it later).