Google Cloud Function - Function load error: File main.py that is expected to define function doesn't exist

Question

I am trying to implement a Google Cloud function that is based on code in a Git style repository. I have the code linked to Google Cloud Platform\'s \"Source Repositories\"

Answer 1

I had a similar (possibly same?) problem. What happened with me is that all my files were in the format:

1. [zip file name]/main.py
2. [zip file name/[etc.]

and the error kept saying it could not find main. I was guessing that this was because it had a parent folder. After looking at zipping into the parent for a bit I determined it wasn't the issue.

I downloaded the zip of and looked at autogenerated dialogflow cloud function code and noticed they had a "package.json" file. I instead just had a "requirements.txt" file. I copied the package.json file to my source code, editted it for the correct contents, zipped it, and the cloud function compiled correctly.

package.json looks like:

{
  "name": "test",
  "description": "testingThings",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "license": "Apache Version 2.0",
  "author": "ABCDEFG",
  "engines": {
    "node": "8"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "firebase serve --only functions:test",
    "deploy": "firebase deploy --only functions:test"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "google-cloud-storage": "",
    "google-cloud-firestore": "",
  }
}

I believe they use this for deploying the google cloud functions so without it they break.