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/v1/{location}/functions
Path parameters
Parameters
location
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 location:
cloudfunctions.functions.create
Request body
The request body contains an instance of CloudFunction.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Operation.
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