Cloud Function as Sever
can I make a cloud function always run like a server? there is a need to always listen to an API asynchronously
@safwan
do you want to make the function act as an API, or do you want to listen to an API from the function?
listen to an API from the function @safwan
Hello @safwan
can you clarify/provide more details?
I want my cloud function to always run asynchronously so it can listen to an API @Steven @safwan
please describe what exactly you want to do. and why are you using cloud functions for this?
I want the function to listen to an API when user payment is successful and return a response @safwan
isn't a webhook a better approach for this?
you can setup a webhook that send the data to a URL on your client-side app, and handle it there
okay, any example? @safwan
like a stripe webhook? what's the network flow look like?
paystack specifically, users have dedicated numbers that is used for funding account in order to buy services, if funding is successful, I want to always have a code that updates tat, how do I do that with cloud function since the code must be live consistently?
typically, these platforms allow you to set up a webhook so that whenever some update occurs, a POST request is made to that webhook URL. is that what paystack has?
