How should I construct the payload for calling a Gen2 Cloud Function using gcloud?

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I deployed a Gen2 Cloud Function using the code from these documentation links: https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/running/direct
https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/tutorials/pubsub
https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/securing/cmek#gcloud
https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/create-deploy-gcloud

The function works fine when triggered by Scheduler + PubSub, but calling it directly with gcloud functions call my-cf fails. I suspect that the payload format for Gen2 (using CloudEvents) is different from Gen1, and I may need to structure the payload differently.

Environment details:

Google Cloud SDK: 500.0.0
requirements.txt includes: cloudevents==1.11.0

The content of my main.py is a direct copy from the documentation:

PYTHON
import base64

from cloudevents.http import CloudEvent
import functions_framework

# Triggered from a message on a Cloud Pub/Sub topic.
@functions_framework.cloud_event
def subscribe(cloud_event: CloudEvent) -> None:
    # Print out the data from Pub/Sub, to prove that it worked
    print(
        "Hello, " + base64.b64decode(cloud_event.data["message"]["data"]).decode() + "!"
    )

My deployment command (simplified, actual command includes org policies such as VPC-SC, SA, CMEK) looks like this:

BASH
PROJECT="xxx"
REGION="europe-west6"

gcloud functions deploy my-cf 
    --gen2 
    --runtime=python312 
    --region="$REGION" 
    --source=. 
    --entry-point="subscribe" 
    --trigger-topic="test-cloud-function" 
    --verbosity debug

The documentation also suggests invoking the function with gcloud using this approach:

BASH
DATA=$(printf 'Hello!' | base64)
REGION="europe-west6"

gcloud functions call my-cf 
    --region="$REGION" 
    --data '{"data":"'

How should I correctly construct the payload for a Gen2 Cloud Function call using gcloud?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

When calling a Gen2 Cloud Function that’s triggered by CloudEvents (such as those coming from Pub/Sub), the payload must follow the CloudEvent format. In Gen1 the Cloud Functions framework might have wrapped the raw data for you, but in Gen2 you must provide a fully structured CloudEvent object. For a Pub/Sub–triggered function the event payload needs to include the required CloudEvent attributes along with a data object that mimics the structure of a Pub/Sub message.

For example, instead of using a simple payload like:

BASH
DATA=$(printf 'Hello!' | base64)
REGION="europe-west6"

gcloud functions call my-cf \
  --region="$REGION" \
  --data '{"data":"'"$DATA"'"}'

you should build a CloudEvent JSON payload similar to this:

BASH
DATA=$(printf 'Hello!' | base64)
REGION="europe-west6"

gcloud functions call my-cf \
  --region="$REGION" \
  --data '{
    "id": "unique-event-id-001",
    "source": "//pubsub.googleapis.com/projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/topics/test-cloud-function",
    "specversion": "1.0",
    "type": "google.cloud.pubsub.topic.v1.messagePublished",
    "data": {
      "message": {
        "data": "'"$DATA"'"
      }
    }
  }'

Key Points:

id: A unique identifier for the event.
source: Should indicate the origin of the event. Here it represents the Pub/Sub topic.
specversion: Typically "1.0".
type: Must match the Pub/Sub event type, e.g., "google.cloud.pubsub.topic.v1.messagePublished".
data.message.data: The actual Pub/Sub message payload in base64.

In your situation, when using Scheduler + Pub/Sub the CloudEvent is automatically constructed by the system before delivery. When calling the function directly with gcloud, you need to manually build and provide the full CloudEvent wrapper.

By using the above invocation, your function’s code will receive a CloudEvent object with the expected structure, allowing the code in your subscribe function to correctly decode and process the Pub/Sub message.

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