Hosting a REST API with a Cloud Firestore backend

You can find the code here → https://goo.gle/36rfln9

In the past, you’ve probably hosted different REST APIs on different backend servers such as Cloud SQL, Firebase, or App Engine. In this episode of Serverless Expeditions Extended, Martin Omander and Roger Martinez show you how to host a REST API on a Firestore backend. Watch as Roger and Martin guide you through initializing firestore, setting up the endpoints for your API, and much more!

Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
00:59 – Firestore in Google Cloud Console
02:10 – Code: package.json
02:57 – Code: index.js
04:30 – Code: the app.get() function
06:10 – Deployment with Cloud Build and Cloud Run
07:04 – Cloud Build and Container Registry in Google Cloud Console
07:52 – Cloud Run in Google Cloud Console
08:34 – Demo 1
09:21 – Code: app.post() function
13:53 – Demo 2
15:37 – Troubleshooting!
17:37 – Demo 3

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product: Cloud Firestore; fullname: Roger Martinez, Martin Omander;

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