I am using a Cloud Function to call another Cloud Function on the free spark tier.
Is there a special way to call another Cloud Function? Or do you just use a standard http request?
I have tried calling the other function directly like so:
exports.purchaseTicket = functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => {
fetch('https://us-central1-functions-****.cloudfunctions.net/validate')
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => res.status(201).json(json))
})
But I get the error
FetchError: request to https://us-central1-functions-****.cloudfunctions.net/validate failed, reason: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND us-central1-functions-*****.cloudfunctions.net us-central1-functions-*****.cloudfunctions.net:443
Which sounds like firebase is blocking the connection, despite it being a google owned, and therefore it shouldn't be locked
the Spark plan only allows outbound network requests to Google owned services.
How can I make use a Cloud Function to call another Cloud Function?
You don't need to go through the trouble of invoking some shared functionality via a whole new HTTPS call. You can simply abstract away the common bits of code into a regular javascript function that gets called by either one. For example, you could modify the template helloWorld function like this:
These two functions will do exactly the same thing, but with different endpoints.