Flaming Specs combines Firebase Storage with the Google Cloud Vision API through Google Cloud Functions, all in ~100 LoC!
This is a demo for a presentation given at Serverless Conf on May 27th, 2016 by Frank van Puffelen and myself. Slides are available here.
You can view the public demo here.
Create an account through the Firebase Console, and upgrade to Blaze plan. This will allow you to access Cloud resources, like Cloud Functions and the Cloud Vision API.
There are two TODO:s where you must add your app keys into JSON configuration,
one in index.html and one in function.js. This information comes from the
Firebase Console for your prroject.
Install the Firebase CLI: npm install -g firebase-tools, run firebase init,
and move index.html into your app's public folder. From there, you can either
run firebase serve to locally test your app, or firebase deploy to host
your app on the public internet.
Sign up for the GCF Alpha, and when accepted, follow the instructions to
deploy a function (either via the console or via the CLI). The function called
will be named visiondetect, since that's what's exported from function.js.
Reach out to me @asciimike or mcdonald@firebase.com to let me know what you think!