Creates a new function. If a function with the given name already exists in the specified project, the long running operation will return ALREADY_EXISTS error.
HTTP request
POST https://cloudfunctions.googleapis.com/v2alpha/{parent}/functions
Path parameters
Parameters
parent
string
Required. The project and location in which the function should be created, specified in the format projects/*/locations/* It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource parent:
cloudfunctions.functions.create
Query parameters
Parameters
functionId
string
The ID to use for the function, which will become the final component of the function's resource name.
This value should be 4-63 characters, and valid characters are /[a-z][0-9]-/.
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Function.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Operation.
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