How to pause an OpenWhisk trigger

Question

Following the documentation at https://github.com/apache/openwhisk/blob/master/docs/feeds.md

I have implemented a feed, and am capturing trigger livecycleEvent events. From the command line and from the console in IBM Cloud I am able to test the CREATE and DELETE.

What I have not been able to figure out is how to invoke the PAUSE and by extension the UNPAUSE.

wsk trigger

doesn't appear to have this option.

function main (args) {
  let event = args.lifecycleEvent;
  let triggerName = args.triggerName;
  let authKey = args.authKey;


  if ('CREATE' === event) {
    console.log('Create event for trigger ', triggerName);
    ...
  } else if ('DELETE' === event) {
    console.log('Delete event for trigger ', triggerName);
    ...
  } else if ('PAUSE' === event) {
    console.log('Pause event for trigger ', triggerName);
    ...
  } else if ('UNPAUSE' === event) {
    ...
  } else {
    console.log('Check for other non lifecycle actions ');
  }


  return {};
}

Answer 1

You cannot pause a trigger, just create and delete. I feel you are thinking about wsk rule disable? (https://github.com/apache/openwhisk/blob/master/docs/triggers_rules.md)