Cloud Computing for Data Analysis

36 Chapter 2: Cloud Computing Foundations

15. You can test out passing in parameters to exercise this function:

1 @app.route('/name/<value>')

2 def name(value):

3 val = {"value": value}

4 return jsonify(val)

For example, calling this route will take the word lion and pass into the Flask application’s name

function.

1 https://8080-dot-3104625-dot-devshell.appspot.com/name/lion

is step returns the value in a web browser:

1 {

2 value: "lion"

3 }

16. Now deploy the app

1 gcloud app deploy

Warning the first deployment could take about 10 minutes

FYI‼! You may also need to enable cloud build API.

1 Do you want to continue (Y/n)? y

2 Beginning deployment of service [default]

3 ...Uploading 934 files to Google Cloud Storage...

17. Now stream the log files.

1 gcloud app ...