An idiomatic C++ client library for the Cloud Functions API, a lightweight compute solution for developers to create single-purpose, stand-alone functions that respond to Cloud events without the need to manage a server or runtime environment.
While this library is GA, please note Google Cloud C++ client libraries do not follow Semantic Versioning.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in the google/cloud/functions/quickstart/ directory, which should give you a taste of the Cloud Functions API C++ client library API.
This library offers multiple *Client classes, which are listed below. Each one of these classes exposes all the RPCs for a service as member functions of the class. This library groups multiple services because they are part of the same product or are often used together. A typical example may be the administrative and data plane operations for a single product.
The library also has other classes that provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock the *Client classes when testing your application.
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Each one of these classes exposes all the RPCs for a service as member functions of the class. This library groups multiple services because they are part of the same product or are often used together. A typical example may be the administrative and data plane operations for a single product.\n\nThe library also has other classes that provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock the `*Client` classes when testing your application.\n\n- [`functions_v1::CloudFunctionsServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/functions/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1functions__v1_1_1CloudFunctionsServiceClient)\n- [`functions_v2::FunctionServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/functions/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1functions__v2_1_1FunctionServiceClient)\n\n### More Information\n\n- [Error Handling](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/common-error-handling.html) - describes how the library reports errors.\n- [How to Override the Default Endpoint](/cpp/docs/reference/functions/latest/functions-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/functions/latest/functions-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Override Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies](/cpp/docs/reference/functions/latest/functions-override-retry) - describes how to change the default retry policies.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/functions/latest/functions-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]