The HTTP API provided for the cloud functions mixes all HTTP methods into one API call:
functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => { ... });
This requires a switch to separate out the GETs, POSTs, PUTs and DELETEs. Is there a better way similar to the Express API:
app.get()
app.post()
app.put()
app.delete()
This will allow us to implement resource based endpoints more cleanly.
Cloud Functions for Firebase allows you to provide an Express.js app to implement HTTP APIs (or whatever else you want to do with an Express.js app).
You can see an example of this in this sample code.
The important thing to note is that you can create an express app, configure it with the endpoints you want, and hand it to Cloud Functions:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
res.send(`Hello ${req.user.name}`);
});
exports.app = functions.https.onRequest(app);
