Examples of using system and custom programs in Google Cloud Functions

List of cloud functions to demonstrate possibilities to use Unix and compiled programs in Cloud Functions:

1. cf_ascii - using figlet http://www.figlet.org/ compiled C program which converts text to ASCII text. Input request with parameter contains text which should be converted to ASCII
2. cf_pdf2png - using provided ghostscript program to convert PDF file to PNG images (1 page -> 1 image)
3. cf_system - executing various system commands to explore system within Cloud Functions, like displaying all binaries, executing commands.

More information can be found in this article Using system packages and custom binaries in Google Cloud Functions.