# Sls invoke local giving error

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/sls-invoke-local-giving-error/13621>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** aws, lambda\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/sls-invoke-local-giving-error/13621 "2021-01-07T10:50:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/sls-invoke-local-giving-error/13621/1 "2021-01-07T10:50:44Z")

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I am trying to invoke a lambda locally using the following command  
sls invoke local -f function  
but I am getting the following error  
Error: Artifact undefined doesn’t exists, please compile it first.  
at /usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/index.js:646:21

I have created the lambda in java and i also tried building the package using maven but still facing the error  
Any idea how to resolve this?