Input a search term and pass it to an API

Uses your Google Cloud location to construct a search term or you can input your own search term to pass to the Wikipedia API. A list of related Wikipedia articles is returned.

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

• Calls
• Create a workflow by using the gcloud CLI
• Create a workflow by using the Google Cloud console
• Make an HTTP request

Code sample

YAML

main:
  params: [input]
  steps:
    - checkSearchTermInInput:
        switch:
          - condition: '${"searchTerm" in input}'
            assign:
              - searchTerm: '${input.searchTerm}'
            next: readWikipedia
    - getLocation:
        call: sys.get_env
        args:
          name: GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION
        result: location
    - setFromCallResult:
        assign:
          - searchTerm: '${text.split(location, "-")[0]}'
    - readWikipedia:
        call: http.get
        args:
          url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php'
          query:
            action: opensearch
            search: '${searchTerm}'
        result: wikiResult
    - returnOutput:
        return: '${wikiResult.body[1]}'

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