Create tasks from App Engine app

App Engine app for tutorial: Using Cloud Tasks to trigger Cloud Functions.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Trigger Cloud Functions using Cloud Tasks

Code sample

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

app.post('/send-email', (req, res) => {
  // Set the task payload to the form submission.
  const {to_name, from_name, to_email, date} = req.body;
  const payload = {to_name, from_name, to_email};

  createHttpTaskWithToken(
    process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT,
    QUEUE_NAME,
    QUEUE_LOCATION,
    FUNCTION_URL,
    SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL,
    payload,
    date
  );

  res.status(202).send('📫 Your postcard is in the mail! 💌');
});

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