Can I use Cloud Firebase features for a search engine?

Question

Firebase recently released cloud-based integration that allows us to load Javascript functions to run without the need for our own servers.

Is it possible to create a search engine using these functions? My idea is to use a local disk (tmpfs volumes) to store indexed data in memory, and for each write event, I will index new data. Does tmpfs support data between function calls (instances)?

Can cloud functions be used for this purpose or should I use a dedicated server to index the data?

Another question related to this: when cloud functions receive data from the Firebase Realtime database, does it consume a network or just read a disk? How is it calculated with a printer?

thanks

Answer 1

You could try this. Cloud functions have a local file system, which is usually used to maintain state during a run. See this answer for more details: Recording temporary files from Google cloud function

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