From 3a9e42e4e4074386389bf6a493dc3509211a80be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jennifer Davis <iennae@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:52:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: modernize background app

---
 background/app/app.yaml         |  2 +-
 background/app/main.py          | 12 ++++--------
 background/app/requirements.txt |  6 +++---
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/background/app/app.yaml b/background/app/app.yaml
index fb63451a..02c0651c 100644
--- a/background/app/app.yaml
+++ b/background/app/app.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # [START getting_started_background_config]
-runtime: python37
+runtime: python312
 # [END getting_started_background_config]
diff --git a/background/app/main.py b/background/app/main.py
index 5474d54c..0bb1666d 100644
--- a/background/app/main.py
+++ b/background/app/main.py
@@ -64,12 +64,10 @@ def translate():
     to_language = request.form.get("lang", "")
 
     if source_string == "":
-        error_message = "Empty value"
-        return error_message, 400
+        return f"Invalid request, you must provide a value.", 400
 
     if to_language not in ACCEPTABLE_LANGUAGES:
-        error_message = "Unsupported language: {}".format(to_language)
-        return error_message, 400
+        return f"Unsupported language: {to_language}", 400
 
     message = {
         "Original": source_string,
@@ -78,11 +76,9 @@ def translate():
         "OriginalLanguage": "",
     }
 
-    topic_name = "projects/{}/topics/{}".format(
-        os.getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"), "translate"
-    )
+    topic_name = f"projects/{os.getenv('GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT')}/topics/translate"
     publisher.publish(
-        topic=topic_name, data=json.dumps(message).encode("utf8")
+        topic=topic_name, data=json.dumps(message).encode("utf-8")
     )
     return redirect("/")
 
diff --git a/background/app/requirements.txt b/background/app/requirements.txt
index 7cfba806..f70d16b7 100644
--- a/background/app/requirements.txt
+++ b/background/app/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-google-cloud-firestore==2.11.1
-google-cloud-pubsub==2.16.1
-flask==2.2.5
+google-cloud-firestore==2.18.0
+google-cloud-pubsub==2.23.0
+flask==3.0.3