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# Tutorial 1: Ruby Function w/ Input (3 minutes)
This example will show you how to test and deploy Ruby code to Fn. It will also demonstrate passing data in through stdin.
### First, run the following commands:
```sh
# Initialize your function creating a func.yaml file
fn init --name hello-ruby
# Test your function.
# This will run inside a container exactly how it will on the server. It will also install and vendor dependencies from Gemfile
fn run
# Now try with an input
cat sample.payload.json | fn run
# Deploy your functions to the Fn server (default localhost:8080)
# This will create a route to your function as well
fn deploy --app myapp
```
### Now call your function:
```sh
curl http://localhost:8080/r/myapp/ruby
```
Or call from a browser: [http://localhost:8080/r/myapp/ruby](http://localhost:8080/r/myapp/ruby)
And now with the JSON input:
```sh
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d @sample.payload.json http://localhost:8080/r/myapp/ruby
```
That's it! Our `fn deploy` packaged our function and sent it to the Fn server. Try editing `func.rb`
and then doing another `fn deploy`.
### Note on Dependencies
In Ruby, we create a [Gemfile](http://bundler.io/gemfile.html) file in your function directory. Then any `fn run`
or `fn deploy` will rebuild your gems and vendor them.
Note: Ruby doesn't pick up the gems automatically, so you'll have to add this to the top of your `func.rb` file:
```ruby
require_relative 'bundle/bundler/setup'
```
Open `func.rb` to see it in action.
# In Review
1. We piped JSON data into the function at the command line
```sh
cat sample.payload.json | fn run
```
2. We received our function input through **stdin**
```ruby
payload = STDIN.read
```
3. We wrote our output to **stdout**
```ruby
puts "Hello #{name} from Ruby!"
```
4. We sent **stderr** to the server logs
```ruby
STDERR.puts
```
5. We enabled our Ruby gem dependencies using `require_relative`
```ruby
require_relative 'bundle/bundler/setup'
```
# Next Up
## [Part 2: Input Parameters](../../params)