How to pass parameters to Google Cloud Run Job

Question

I have ran this example using this job

Everything worked well.

Now I am trying to see if there is a way to pass parameters to jobs running on Cloud Run.

I understand I can use the command to create jobs with a --message-body argument like this:

 gcloud scheduler jobs create http JOB_NAME \
  --location REGION \
  --schedule="*/3 * * * *" \
  --uri="https://REGION-run.googleapis.com/apis/run.googleapis.com/v1/namespaces/PROJECT_ID/jobs/CLOUD_RUN_JOB_NAME:run" \
  --http-method POST \
  --oauth-service-account-email  [email protected]
  --message-body="This is the body"

However while checking the documentation for Cloud Run jobs here.

I don't see parameters being mentioned anywhere. The idea is that depending on a JSON that contains the parameters we can run different kind of jobs (it's a same job that changes its operation based on the parameters)

Answer 1

With Cloud Run Jobs, you can't provide parameters (entry points, args or env vars). I discussed that point with the Cloud Run Job PM to implement something, and, obviously, the other alpha testers had the same issue and something will happen :).

My current solution is to wrap the current batch job in a web server. Package that webserver in a container and deploy it on Cloud Run. Then, provide the correct body, with your parameters, parse it, and invoke your batch with those inputs