Profanity Check — Using IBM Cloud Functions — in a snap (less than 5 mins)

Create a IBM Cloud function action

1. Create an IBM Cloud account or log in to an existing account.

2. Navigate to the Cloud Functions dashboard.

3. Select a namespace.

4. Click Start Creating > Quickstart Templates and select the Hello World template.

5. Create a package for your action by entering a unique name in the Package Name field.

6. Click Deploy. You created an action.

Prepare JavaScript app

Index.js

var Filter = require(‘bad-words’)
function myAction(args){
filter = new Filter();
return {result:filter.isProfane(args.message)};
}
// export (expose) add to other modules
exports.myAction = myAction;
global.main = myAction;

test.js for testing

var utils = require(‘./index.js’);
console.log(
utils.myAction({n:2})
);

Package.json

{
“name”: “my-action”,
“main”: “dist/bundle.js”,
“scripts”: {
“build”: “webpack — config webpack.config.js”,
“deploy”: “ibmcloud fn action update my-action dist/bundle.js — kind nodejs:12”
},
“dependencies”: {
“left-pad”: “1.1.3”
},
“devDependencies”: {
“webpack”: “³.8.1”
}
}

Webpack.config.js

var path = require(‘path’);
module.exports = {
entry: ‘./index.js’,
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, ‘dist’),
filename: ‘bundle.js’
},
target: ‘node’
};

Install all dependencies locally.

npm install

Build the bundle

npm run build

Deploy

npm run deploy

Now the function is available over http for profanity check!