Returns a signed URL for downloading deployed function source code. The URL is only valid for a limited period and should be used within 30 minutes of generation. For more information about the signed URL usage see: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/signed-urls
HTTP request
POST https://cloudfunctions.googleapis.com/v2/{name}:generateDownloadUrl
Path parameters
Parameters
name
string
Required. The name of function for which source code Google Cloud Storage signed URL should be generated. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/functions/{function}.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource name:
cloudfunctions.functions.sourceCodeGet
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
Response of functions.generateDownloadUrl method.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"downloadUrl": string}
Fields
downloadUrl
string
The generated Google Cloud Storage signed URL that should be used for function source code download.
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