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Bhavesh Ghodasara
Bhavesh Ghodasara

Reputation: 2071

Google Cloud Function returning "Error: could not handle the request"

I am trying to write simple python function and want to deploy it using GCF(Google Cloud Function).

def check_refresh_date(request):
    import requests
    requestData = requests.get(
        "https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/downloads/json/coronavirus-cases_latest.json")
    return requestData

requirement.txt looks like:

certifi==2020.6.20
chardet==3.0.4
idna==2.10
numpy==1.19.0
pandas==1.0.5
python-dateutil==2.8.1
pytz==2020.1
requests==2.24.0
six==1.15.0
urllib3==1.25.9
wincertstore==0.2

When I trigger this function it returns

"Error: could not handle the request"

on browser. In logs it is showing

"Function execution took 490 ms, finished with status: 'crash'"

there is ongoing issue due to which it does not return exact error. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/155215191

I need help with

  1. what is wrong with my function?
  2. is there any workaround to get proper error message in logs or browser? This is just basic function, I need to extend this function after it works.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1263

Answers (1)

Broda Noel
Broda Noel

Reputation: 1960

That's because you are returning an HTTP response object, instead of the JSON response of your request.

You should do something like this:

from flask import jsonify

def check_refresh_date(request):
    import requests
    res = requests.get(
        "https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/downloads/json/coronavirus-cases_latest.json")
    data = res.json()
    return jsonify(data)

Upvotes: 1

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