@google-cloud/common
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@google-cloud/common is a library that provides common functionality for Google Cloud Node.js client libraries. It includes utilities for logging, error handling, and making authenticated API requests.
Logging
The logging feature allows you to create and use a logger to log messages at different levels (info, error, etc.).
const { logger } = require('@google-cloud/common');
const log = logger();
log.info('This is an info message');
log.error('This is an error message');Error Handling
The error handling feature provides a standardized way to create and handle API errors.
const { ApiError } = require('@google-cloud/common');
try {
throw new ApiError({ message: 'An error occurred', code: 500 });
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message); // 'An error occurred'
console.error(err.code); // 500
}Authenticated API Requests
This feature allows you to make authenticated API requests to Google Cloud services.
const { Service } = require('@google-cloud/common');
const service = new Service({
baseUrl: 'https://example.googleapis.com',
scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform']
});
service.request({
method: 'GET',
uri: '/v1/resource'
}, (err, response) => {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
} else {
console.log(response);
}
});Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. It provides similar functionality for making HTTP requests but does not include built-in support for Google Cloud authentication.
Winston is a versatile logging library for Node.js. It offers more advanced logging features compared to @google-cloud/common but does not include other utilities like error handling or authenticated requests.
Request is a simplified HTTP client for Node.js. It provides similar functionality for making HTTP requests but is now deprecated in favor of more modern alternatives like axios.
Common components for Cloud APIs Node.js Client Libraries
Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google APIs Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.
Table of contents:
npm install @google-cloud/common
It's unlikely you will need to install this package directly, as it will be
installed as a dependency when you install other @google-cloud packages.
The Google Cloud Common Node.js Client API Reference documentation also contains samples.
Our client libraries follow the Node.js release schedule. Libraries are compatible with all current active and maintenance versions of Node.js.
Client libraries targetting some end-of-life versions of Node.js are available, and
can be installed via npm dist-tags.
The dist-tags follow the naming convention legacy-(version).
Legacy Node.js versions are supported as a best effort:
legacy-8: install client libraries from this dist-tag for versions
compatible with Node.js 8.This library follows Semantic Versioning.
This library is considered to be General Availability (GA). This means it is stable; the code surface will not change in backwards-incompatible ways unless absolutely necessary (e.g. because of critical security issues) or with an extensive deprecation period. Issues and requests against GA libraries are addressed with the highest priority.
More Information: Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages
Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.
Please note that this README.md, the samples/README.md,
and a variety of configuration files in this repository (including .nycrc and tsconfig.json)
are generated from a central template. To edit one of these files, make an edit
to its template in this
directory.
Apache Version 2.0
See LICENSE
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Common components for Cloud APIs Node.js Client Libraries
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