main.py

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# [START functions_tips_retry]
from google.cloud import error_reporting


error_client = error_reporting.Client()


def retry_or_not(data, context):
    """Background Cloud Function that demonstrates how to toggle retries.

    Args:
        data (dict): The event payload.
        context (google.cloud.functions.Context): The event metadata.
    Returns:
        None; output is written to Cloud Logging
    """

    # Retry based on a user-defined parameter
    try_again = data.data.get("retry") is not None

    try:
        raise RuntimeError("I failed you")
    except RuntimeError:
        error_client.report_exception()
        if try_again:
            raise  # Raise the exception and try again
        else:
            pass  # Swallow the exception and don't retry


# [END functions_tips_retry]