Google Cloud Functions Python Samples

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This directory contains samples for Google Cloud Functions. Cloud Functions is a lightweight, event-based, asynchronous compute solution that allows you to create small, single-purpose functions that respond to Cloud events without the need to manage a server or a runtime environment.

Setup

Authentication

This sample requires you to have authentication setup. Refer to the Authentication Getting Started Guide for instructions on setting up credentials for applications.

Install Dependencies

Install pip and virtualenv if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the Python Development Environment Setup Guide for Google Cloud Platform for instructions.

Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.4+.
```
$ virtualenv env
$ source env/bin/activate
```
Install the dependencies needed to run the samples.
```
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Samples

The client library

This sample uses the Google Cloud Client Library for Python. You can read the documentation for more details on API usage and use GitHub to browse the source and report issues.