Load Other Functions

Different Cloud Functions in the same application can load each other using require.

For example, there is a Cloud Function called tools.js with the following code:

// Remember to install axios before using
const axios = require('axios');

// Add a function to `module.exports`
// So it can be loaded in other Cloud Functions
module.exports.add = function(a, b) {
  return a + b;
}

// You can also export an async function
module.exports.getHumans = async function() {
  try {
    const result = await axios.get('https://www.google.com/humans.txt');
    return result.data;
  } catch (error) {
    return `Error: ${error.message}`;
  }
}

// Remember to install axios before using
const axios = require('axios');

// Add a function to `module.exports`
// So it can be loaded in other Cloud Functions
module.exports.add = function(a, b) {
  return a + b;
}

// You can also export an async function
module.exports.getHumans = async function() {
  try {
    const result = await axios.get('https://www.google.com/humans.txt');
    return result.data;
  } catch (error) {
    return `Error: ${error.message}`;
  }
}

In another function caller.js, you can load and call the functions exported in tool.js via require:

// Load the functions using `require`
const { add, getHumans } = require('./tools');

module.exports = async function(params, context) {
  // Call the loaded functions
  const addResult = add(1, 2);
  // Remember to use `await` for async functions
  const humans = await getHumans();

  return {
    add: `1 + 2 = ${addResult}`,
    humans,
  };
}

// Load the functions using `require`
const { add, getHumans } = require('./tools');

module.exports = async function(params, context) {
  // Call the loaded functions
  const addResult = add(1, 2);
  // Remember to use `await` for async functions
  const humans = await getHumans();

  return {
    add: `1 + 2 = ${addResult}`,
    humans,
  };
}

Select caller.js and click Debug, you can see the results in the Response area:

json

{
  "add": "1 + 2 = 3",
  "humans": "Google is built by a large team of engineers, designers, researchers, robots, and others in many different sites across the globe. It is updated continuously, and built with more tools and technologies than we can shake a stick at. If you'd like to help us out, see careers.google.com.\n"
}

{
  "add": "1 + 2 = 3",
  "humans": "Google is built by a large team of engineers, designers, researchers, robots, and others in many different sites across the globe. It is updated continuously, and built with more tools and technologies than we can shake a stick at. If you'd like to help us out, see careers.google.com.\n"
}

Note that all required Cloud Functions need to be deployed to ensure they can be called successfully online. In this documentation, both tools.js and caller.js need to be deployed.

Through require, you can only load other functions under the same application. If you want to call functions in other applications, you can invoke them by sending HTTP requests. Please refer to Invoke Functions
For more details about Node.js modules, please refer to Node.js Modules Documentation

Load Other Functions ​

Load Other Functions