https://github.com/formysister/firebase-express-example

Host an Express Server in Cloud Functions for Firebase.
https://github.com/formysister/firebase-express-example

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Host an Express Server in Cloud Functions for Firebase.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/formysister/firebase-express-example
• Owner: formysister
• License: other
• Created: 2023-09-15T04:40:26.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-15T04:42:03.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-10T08:14:27.711Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: cloud, express, firebase, javascript, nodejs, npm, yearn
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 27.3 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# THIS REPO HAS BEEN MOVED

This example has been merged into my [blog-examples](https://github.com/formysister/firebase-express-example) repo. This repo will no longer be updated.

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# Express Server on Cloud Functions for Firebase

Host an Express Server in Cloud Functions for Firebase.

## TLDR;

Host your Express Server on Cloud Functions enabling a low-cost, auto-scaling web server leveraging Firebase's sweet developer experience.

Cloud Functions uses [Express request and response objects](https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/http-events#trigger_a_function_with_an_http_request) allowing us to pass an Express app [directly into the function](https://github.com/jthegedus/firebase-functions-express-example/blob/master/functions/index.js#L11).

## Installation

```

git clone https://github.com/formysister/firebase-express-example

cd firebase-express-example

yarn install

```

## Local Development

```

yarn serve

```

This will serve the Cloud Functions locally using the [Firebase emulator](https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/local-emulator). Interestingly, the trailing `/` is not an issue when hosted locally.

## Deploy to Firebase

```

yarn deploy

```

*N.B.*: Replace `` in the `.firebaserc` to connect the project to your Firebase project.

## A note on Code Compatibility

Everything was tested on Ubuntu 16.04 & Windows 10 with [Bash on Ubuntu on Windows](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/commandline/wsl/about). If you wish for Windows native support please [submit an issue](https://github.com/formysister/firebase-express-example/issues/new) so we can work on a Windows branch. Please report any macOS errors as I do not have access to a device to test. [My development environment can be found here](https://github.com/formysister/firebase-express-example).