Using global scoped variables
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Demonstrate how to minimize the memory footprint of reusable variables by leveraging global scope.
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So, this will only run during an\n // an instance's cold start.\n func init() {\n \th = heavyComputation()\n \tfunctions.HTTP(\"ScopeDemo\", ScopeDemo)\n }\n\n // ScopeDemo is an example of using globally and locally\n // scoped variables in a function.\n func ScopeDemo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {\n \tl := lightComputation()\n \tfmt.Fprintf(w, \"Global: %q, Local: %q\", h, l)\n }\n\n### Java\n\n\nTo authenticate to Cloud Run, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n\n import com.google.cloud.functions.HttpFunction;\n import com.google.cloud.functions.HttpRequest;\n import com.google.cloud.functions.HttpResponse;\n import java.io.IOException;\n import java.io.PrintWriter;\n import java.util.Arrays;\n\n public class Scopes implements HttpFunction {\n // Global (instance-wide) scope\n // This computation runs at instance cold-start.\n // Warning: Class variables used in functions code must be thread-safe.\n private static final int INSTANCE_VAR = heavyComputation();\n\n @Override\n public void service(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response)\n throws IOException {\n // Per-function scope\n // This computation runs every time this function is called\n int functionVar = lightComputation();\n\n var writer = new PrintWriter(response.getWriter());\n writer.printf(\"Instance: %s; function: %s\", INSTANCE_VAR, functionVar);\n }\n\n private static int lightComputation() {\n int[] numbers = new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 };\n return Arrays.stream(numbers).sum();\n }\n\n private static int heavyComputation() {\n int[] numbers = new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 };\n return Arrays.stream(numbers).reduce((t, x) -\u003e t * x).getAsInt();\n }\n }\n\n### Node.js\n\n\nTo authenticate to Cloud Run, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n const functions = require('@google-cloud/functions-framework');\n\n // TODO(developer): Define your own computations\n const {lightComputation, heavyComputation} = require('./computations');\n\n // Global (instance-wide) scope\n // This computation runs once (at instance cold-start)\n const instanceVar = heavyComputation();\n\n /**\n * HTTP function that declares a variable.\n *\n * @param {Object} req request context.\n * @param {Object} res response context.\n */\n functions.http('scopeDemo', (req, res) =\u003e {\n // Per-function scope\n // This computation runs every time this function is called\n const functionVar = lightComputation();\n\n res.send(`Per instance: ${instanceVar}, per function: ${functionVar}`);\n });\n\n### Python\n\n\nTo authenticate to Cloud Run, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n import time\n\n import functions_framework\n\n\n # Placeholder\n def heavy_computation():\n return time.time()\n\n\n # Placeholder\n def light_computation():\n return time.time()\n\n\n # Global (instance-wide) scope\n # This computation runs at instance cold-start\n instance_var = heavy_computation()\n\n\n @functions_framework.http\n def scope_demo(request):\n \"\"\"\n HTTP Cloud Function that declares a variable.\n Args:\n request (flask.Request): The request object.\n \u003chttp://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/api/#flask.Request\u003e\n Returns:\n The response text, or any set of values that can be turned into a\n Response object using `make_response`\n \u003chttp://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/api/#flask.Flask.make_response\u003e.\n \"\"\"\n\n # Per-function scope\n # This computation runs every time this function is called\n function_var = light_computation()\n return f\"Instance: {instance_var}; function: {function_var}\"\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n\nTo search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the\n[Google Cloud sample browser](/docs/samples?product=cloudrun)."]]