How do I read the contents of a new cloud storage file of type .json from within a cloud function?

Question

The event passed to my Google cloud function only really tells me the name of the bucket and file, and whether the file was deleted. Yes, there\'s more there, but i

Answer 1

npm install @google-cloud/storage --production

package.json:

{
  "main": "app.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "@google-cloud/storage": "^1.2.1"
  }
}

You should achieve that npm ls shows no errors like npm ERR! missing:.

app.js:

...

  const storage = require("@google-cloud/storage")();
  storage.
    bucket("mybucket").
    file("myfile.txt").
    download( function(err, contents) {
      console.log(contents.toString());
    } );