# Invoke

Invokes a method from within a template or class or a web service dynamically.

## Component Signature

```
<bx:Invoke class=[any]
webservice=[string]
method=[string]
returnVariable=[string]
argumentCollection=[any]
username=[string]
password=[string]
timeout=[numeric] />
```

### Attributes

| Atrribute            | Type      | Required | Description                                                                       | Default |
| -------------------- | --------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `class`              | `any`     | `false`  | The Box Class instance or the name of the Box Class to instantiate.               |         |
| `webservice`         | `string`  | `false`  | The WSDL URL of a web service to invoke. Mutually exclusive with class attribute. |         |
| `method`             | `string`  | `true`   | The name of the method to invoke on the class or web service.                     |         |
| `returnVariable`     | `string`  | `false`  | The variable to store the result of the method invocation.                        |         |
| `argumentCollection` | `any`     | `false`  | An array or struct of arguments to pass to the method being invoked.              |         |
| `username`           | `string`  | `false`  | The username for basic authentication when invoking web services.                 |         |
| `password`           | `string`  | `false`  | The password for basic authentication when invoking web services.                 |         |
| `timeout`            | `numeric` | `false`  | The timeout in seconds for web service requests.                                  |         |

## Examples


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