@haensl/google-cloud

Useful utitlities for working in Google Cloud.

Installation

# via npm
npm i --save @haensl/google-cloud

Usage

getAuthorization: async (url) => string

Get authorization to call a URL. This is useful to authorize requests between services within Google Cloud.

Parameters

url: string|URL

The URL you want to call.

Returns

The Authorization header for the request to the given URL.

Example: Authorizing a request

const { getAuthorization } = require('@haensl/google-cloud');
const fetch = require('node-fetch');

const callOtherService = async () => {
    // ...
    const otherService = new URL('https://myservice-1234567890.region.run.app');
    const authorization = await getAuthorization(otherService);

    const requestOptions = {
      method: 'GET',
      headers: {
        'Authorization': authorization
      }
    };

    const response = await fetch(otherService, requestOptions);

    // ...
};

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