Managing AQL user functions

These functions implement the HTTP API for managing AQL user functions.

database.listFunctions

async database.listFunctions(): Array<Object>

Fetches a list of all AQL user functions registered with the database.

Examples

const db = new Database();
const functions = db.listFunctions();
// functions is a list of function descriptions

database.createFunction

async database.createFunction(name, code): Object

Creates an AQL user function with the given name and code if it does not already exist or replaces it if a function with the same name already existed.

Arguments

• name: string

  A valid AQL function name, e.g.: "myfuncs::accounting::calculate_vat".

• code: string

  A string evaluating to a JavaScript function (not a JavaScript function object).

Examples

const db = new Database();
await db.createFunction(
  'ACME::ACCOUNTING::CALCULATE_VAT',
  String(function (price) {
    return price * 0.19;
  })
);
// Use the new function in an AQL query with template handler:
const cursor = await db.query(aql`
  FOR product IN products
  RETURN MERGE(
    {vat: ACME::ACCOUNTING::CALCULATE_VAT(product.price)},
    product
  )
`);
// cursor is a cursor for the query result

database.dropFunction

async database.dropFunction(name, [group]): Object

Deletes the AQL user function with the given name from the database.

Arguments

• name: string

  The name of the user function to drop.

• group: boolean (Default: false)

  If set to true, all functions with a name starting with name will be deleted; otherwise only the function with the exact name will be deleted.

Examples

const db = new Database();
await db.dropFunction('ACME::ACCOUNTING::CALCULATE_VAT');
// the function no longer exists