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Official Google Cloud NPM package includes malware via a dependency
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google-cloud-node
Google Cloud Client Library for Node.js
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10 sourcesFWIW, the cold start issue (which was hitting me with regular 10-30+ second delays for even the simplest of functions) has recently been "fixed" (at least, I'm down to <1-2 second cold starts).
The specific issue I was running into: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/2942
In Supabase (YC S20) – An open source Firebase alternativeAre there type definitions for the Google Cloud packages?
Edit: For those also interested, here is the relevant issue https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node/iss...
In Node.js is now available on App Engine standard environmentWe're still working on rolling a few docs throughout the day. For example - here's the node.js lib:
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node#clo...
In Introducing Cloud Spanner, a Global Database ServiceGoogle Cloud Client Library for Node.js
1 points · Open discussionOf course there's an SDK! It's here:
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-node
In Node.js on Google App Engine Goes BetaI haven't actually tried it out yet (about to) , but just by reading the instructions on deploying, it looks like you stage your code in a GCS bucket or on a Git repository (Google Cloud Source), so I think your local data would refer to any files in that bucket/repository along with your code.
*edit note: looks like you can definitely add more files via the package.json and import them as node modules, but I wouldn't rely on reading and writing from the file system.
As for persistency, if it's just Javascript code you can install node modules to accomplish what you want including talking to those cloud APIs. Unfortunately Bigtable might be the exception since I'm not sure if there's a good nodejs client yet (Bigtable only supports gRPC, not REST), but you could use Cloud Datastore instead.
Firebase will also be a very popular choice for
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persistence. Cloud Functions naturally complements Firebase to complete Backend-as-a-Service. The hope of Firebase is you don't need a server at all, but sometimes you have logic that really doesn't belong on a client (background jobs, "master" logic). Cloud Functions can fill in those gaps.
Firebase:
https://www.firebase.com/
hand-rolled clients nodejs clients for google cloud apis:
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-node
auto-generated nodejs clients for google apis:
https://github.com/google/google-api-nodejs-client
disclosure: work for GCP
Disclaimer: I work on gcloud-node [1]. :)
You're describing the OAuth 2.0 client dance which has always been cumbersome but necessary for browser-side auth. With Google Cloud Platform related services, you should never have to do this if you're using these services from the context of your server. As someone previously mentioned, Google has Service Accounts which greatly simplifies the auth process.
For example, to auth with gcloud-node it's as easy as:
1. Download the key.json associated with your service account.
2. var gcloud = require('gcloud')({ projectId: 'abc-123', keyFilename: './key.json' });
3. There is no step 3.
We've also made some pretty nice docs [2] with clear examples to help you every step of the way. We have yet to integrate Cloud Bigtable but it's on our radar.
For a pythonista like yourself, you may like to con
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sider trying gcloud-python [3], and it should go without saying please feel free to file issues or reach out directly with concerns if something just doesn't feel quite right!
[1]. https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-node
[2]. http://googlecloudplatform.github.io/gcloud-node/#/docs/
[3]. https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-python
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That's great! Looking forward to see it rolled forward to the new API revision (v1beta2, which we don't expect to change significantly). Also, please check our gcloud-node repository out, which also offers idiomatic Cloud Pub/Sub library and the team is planning to move to v1beta2.
gcloud-node:
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-node
In Using Google Cloud Pub/Sub to Connect Applications and Data StreamsGcloud-node – A Google Cloud Platform Client Library for Node.js
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