Getting started

"UbiFunctions" is a serverless computing environment for IoT. Also known as FaaS (Functions as a Service), it lets you run custom functions on demand directly from Ubidots.

Although originally designed as a custom decoding tool, it has grown into an integration and analytics powerhouse.

Definition

An UbiFunction is user-defined NodeJS or Python code that runs on-demand, and can be invoked using any of these methods:

• Making an HTTP GET or POST request to the UbiFunction’s URL

• Publishing data through MQTT to the UbiFunction's URL

• Configuring an Ubidots event action

• A time-trigger specified by the user

When to use UbiFunctions?

Customers commonly use UbiFunctions to:

• Extract data from third-party APIs and insert it into Ubidots

• Build a custom HTTP API gateway to receive data in a custom format

• Extract data from Ubidots, run a custom analysis or transformation, and insert the results back into Ubidots

How to add UbiFunctions to my account?

This module is available on the Industrial plan and above. To upgrade to an Industrial plan:

1. Select My Profile from the user dropdown in the top-right corner of your Admin App.

2. Select Billing from the left navigation panel.

3. Click Change plan, then select the Industrial plan or above.

4. Click Update Plan to save the change and activate UbiFunctions.

Billing

The UbiFunctions module includes a limited number of executions and is billed based on usage:

• Includes 1 thousand executions per month

• When an execution exceeds 2 seconds, it counts as 2 or more executions in 2-second increments

• Executions are billed at $5 per million executions.