This sample shows a Google Cloud Function that uses a dependency from NPM, and is a handy way to generate a v4 UUID from the command-line.
View the documentation or the source code.
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Follow the Cloud Functions quickstart guide to setup Cloud Functions for your project.
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples.git cd nodejs-docs-samples/functions/uuid -
Deploy the
getUuidfunction with an HTTP trigger:gcloud functions deploy getUuid --trigger-http -
Call the
getUuidfunction:gcloud functions call getUuidYou should see something like this in your console:
executionId: abcd1234-0 result: 0ef22088-07f2-44ca-9cef-cea8ff666d69