July 2018
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
8h 47m
English
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Event parameter
The event parameter, which is the first parameter that Google Cloud Functions accepts, holds the data associated with the event that triggered the execution of Google Cloud Functions. The actual event data is available within the data property of the event object.
Let's look at the properties of the event parameter:
- Data: This is the property where the event data is available for the Google Cloud Function
- Context: The context object for the event that triggered the Google Cloud Function
- context.eventId: This is a unique ID that has been generated for the event that triggered the Google Cloud Function
- context.timestamp: This is the date timestamp on which the event was triggered from the source
- context.eventType: This holds ...