How to send a HTTP request from Google Cloud Functions (nodeJS)

Question

This is probably a simple question but I\'m new to cloud functions/Node programming and haven\'t found the right documentation yet.

How do I write a Google cloud f

Answer 1

Use https://www.npmjs.com/package/request module.

var request = require('request');
request.get('https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/arrive/with/key/xxxx', function (error, response, body) {
  console.log('error:', error); // Print the error if one occurred 
  console.log('statusCode:', response && response.statusCode); // Print the response status code if a response was received 
  console.log('body:', body); //Prints the response of the request. 
});