---
title: "Get started with Functions"
description: "Activate Functions, create a first Python function from the sample, call it over its URL, and read its logs."
content_type: "get-started"
product: "functions"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/functions/get-started/"
---

# Get started with Functions

Activate Functions, run a first Python function from the sample code, and call it over its public
HTTPS URL. All you need is a MyAccount account. Functions is available in Delhi.

Once Functions is active, your account pays the CPU monthly minimum each month, however little
you use. It includes 4,50,000 GB-seconds of CPU usage. For the amount, see
[E2E's pricing page](https://www.e2enetworks.com/pricing).

## Activate Functions

Activate Functions once for your account, before your first function.

If your account is prepaid, activation charges the minimum to your prepaid balance. Make sure the
balance covers it. With less, activation stops at "Credit are not sufficient."

1. In MyAccount, open **Compute > Functions**.
2. Click **Get Started**, then click **Activate**.

You see "FaaS plan activated successfully." and land on **Create Function**. For what activation
gives you and charges, see [Activate Functions](/myaccount/functions/how-to/activate-functions/).

## Create a first function

1. On **Create Function**, select **CPU Functions**.
2. In the runtime list, choose **Python 3.11 (Http)**. The editor opens with the sample code for
   that runtime.
3. Enter a name in **Function Name**, such as `my-first-function`. A function name uses lowercase
   letters, digits, and hyphens. It must start with a letter and end with a letter or digit.
4. Leave **Memory** at the default of 128 MB.
5. Click **Create**.

The function builds and deploys. Its status changes from **Creating** to **Deploying**, then to
**Running** when it is ready. On the sample, this takes about 30 seconds. See
[Create a function](/myaccount/functions/how-to/create-a-function/).

## Call the function

Every function has a public HTTPS **URL**. To copy it, select the function in the Functions list
and open the **Info** tab below the list.

To call the function with a GET request, run `curl` on your own computer with the function's URL:

```bash
curl https://<function-name>-<suffix>.serverless.e2enetworks.net/
```

Replace the address with the **URL** MyAccount shows for your function. The sample returns HTTP 200 with a JSON body. The body holds the message "Hello World!", the
request's method, path, query, and body. It also holds a context with functionName set to
function and functionVersion set to $LATEST. To send a JSON body with POST, see
[Call a function](/myaccount/functions/how-to/call-a-function/).

You can also call the function from MyAccount:

1. In the Functions list, click the function's name to open its page.
2. Click **Try**.
3. In **User Input**, enter JSON arguments, then click **Post Request**.

The response appears in **Output**.

## See the logs

1. In **Compute > Functions**, select the function in the list.
2. Below the list, open the **Logs** tab.
3. Choose a **Duration**, such as the default of 5 minutes, and read the log lines the function
   produced.

The runtime logs include the function's own output. See
[View logs and monitoring](/myaccount/functions/how-to/view-logs-and-monitoring/).

## (Optional) Delete the function if you are only testing

If you are trying Functions and will not use the function again, delete it. Deleting a function
removes its running service and its stored code for good.

1. In the Functions list, under **Actions**, click the trash can icon for the function.
2. In **Confirm Delete Function**, click **Delete**.

See [Delete a function](/myaccount/functions/how-to/delete-a-function/).

Functions stays active after you delete the function. The minimum applies for each month in which
Functions is active. To stop the minimum for later months, delete every function and deactivate
Functions. See [Deactivate Functions](/myaccount/functions/how-to/deactivate-functions/).

## What you have now

Functions is active on your account. You created a first Python function from the sample code,
called it, and read its logs. To write your own code and environment variables, see
[Edit a function](/myaccount/functions/how-to/edit-a-function/). For what Functions costs, see
[Billing](/myaccount/functions/concepts/billing/).

If the function will not deploy or does not answer, see
[Troubleshooting Functions](/myaccount/functions/troubleshooting/functions/).