Passing Variables To Google Cloud Functions

Question

I\'ve just finished writing a Google Cloud Function in the Beta Python 3.7 runtime with an HTTP trigger. Now I\'m trying to figure out how to pass a string variable to my f

Answer 1

You'd pass variables to the function the same way you'd pass variables to any URL:

1. Via a GET with query parameters:

def test(request):
    name = request.args.get('name')
    return f"Hello {name}"

$ curl -X GET https://us-central1-<PROJECT>.cloudfunctions.net/test?name=World
Hello World

2. Via a POST with a form:

def test(request):
    name = request.form.get('name')
    return f"Hello {name}"

$ curl -X POST https://us-central1-<PROJECT>.cloudfunctions.net/test -d "name=World"
Hello World

3. Via a POST with JSON:

def test(request):
    name = request.get_json().get('name')
    return f"Hello {name}"

$ curl -X POST https://us-central1-<PROJECT>.cloudfunctions.net/test -d '{"name":"World"}'
Hello World

More details can be found here: https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/writing/http