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?

Check
https://discord.com/channels/564160730845151244/1102936099745177700/1115663397426577518
And
https://discord.com/channels/564160730845151244/1102625724243906640/1102628184219979886

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?