Get Started with Google Cloud — selected guide
Build a serverless application integration with Workflows
Twelve practical entries spanning docs, networking, storage, IAM, cost, data, workflows, and APIs
Twelve 2018–2022 introductions use small tasks to explain networking, persistent storage, access control, BigQuery queries and cost limits, object versions, sensitive-data inspection, workflow orchestration, and speech transcription.
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Workflows connects service calls in an order you define without requiring you to manage a server for that coordination. This example gets the current date from a Cloud Function, passes the weekday to Wikipedia, and returns articles about that day. 00:01–03:07(opens in a new tab)
Key Points Covered
- The workflow uses a service account as its identity for service calls. The sample enables the Workflows API, creates that account, and assigns the Logging Logs Writer role before selecting it for the workflow. 00:01–02:05(opens in a new tab)
- Deploying saves the workflow; executing runs its steps and displays the final result. In the demonstration, a Thursday execution returns articles including Thursday Night Football and Thursday Afternoon. 02:05–03:07(opens in a new tab)
- The service can connect custom services, Google Cloud services, and internet APIs. 02:05–03:07(opens in a new tab)
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ZDB4S6mSQ(opens in a new tab)