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Firebase HTTPS Callable functions Web Quickstart

The HTTPS Callable functions Web Quickstart demonstrates how to send requests to a server-side function and get a response back using the Firebase JS SDK. It interoperates with the iOS and Android database quickstarts.

Introduction​

Read more about Cloud Functions for Firebase

Getting Started​

  1. Create your project in the Firebase Console.
  2. Enable the Google sign-in provider in the Authentication > SIGN-IN METHOD tab.
  3. You must have the Firebase CLI installed. If you don't have it, install it with npm install -g firebase-tools and then configure it with firebase login.
  4. Clone this repository and open the functions directory: git clone https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-js; cd quickstart-js/functions
  5. Install cloud functions dependencies: npm --prefix functions install
  6. On the command line run firebase use --add and select the Firebase project you have created.
  7. On the command line run firebase deploy to deploy the application.
  8. On the command line run firebase open hosting:site to open the deployed web app.
  9. Sign in the Application using the Button.
  10. Write two numbers in the boxes and Click the "Add the Two Numbers" button.
    • You should be getting the result of the addition.
  11. Write a message in the Box below and Click the "Add Message" button.
    • The message is added below but if it contains bad words or SHOUTING!! it will be sanitized.

To run the sample app locally during development:

  1. Run npm install to install dependencies.
  2. Run npm --prefix functions run build to build the functions using Vite.
  3. Run firebase emulators:start to start the local Firebase emulators.
  4. Run npm run dev to serve the app locally using Vite This will start a server locally that serves index.html on http://localhost:5173/index.html.

Running the app using the Firebase CLI:

  1. Run npm install to install dependencies.
  2. Run npm run build to build the app using Vite.
  3. Run firebase emulators:start to start the local Firebase emulators.
  4. In your terminal output, you will see the "Hosting" URL. By default, it will be 127.0.0.1:5002, though it may be different for you.
  5. Navigate in your browser to the URL output by the firebase emulators:start command.

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License​

© Google, 2018. Licensed under an Apache-2 license.