BingAI on GCP Cloud Function

[VittorioOLG]

Hi there,

I'm trying to run the BingAI module on a Firebase Function, but I'm facing an issue. I've already extracted the BingAI code to make it as lean as possible, and it works on Firebase emulators. However, when I deploy the code to GCP, I get an error. Specifically, I'm receiving an empty response body when I make a request using fetch.
Thats the code, in BingAIClient.js, that is giving the error:

" const response = await fetch(${this.options.host}/turing/conversation/create, fetchOptions); "

Do you think the issue is because Google servers are being recognized by Bing? Would using a proxy help to fix this problem?

Thanks for your help!

[waylaidwanderer]

Yeah, that can be a sign of the IP being blocked. Try setting a proxy.

[VittorioOLG]

Hi Joel,
Thank you for the response!
It worked!!

To make it work, I used the WebShare proxy provider, which provides 10 proxies with a 1 GB bandwidth limit for free and requires no credit card.

To enable password-protected proxies, I made changes to the "BingAIClient.js" code as follows:

Since WebShare uses HTTP proxy, I changed HttpsProxyAgent to HttpProxyAgent:
const HttpProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');

I updated the ProxyAgent inputs to allow password-protected proxies:
fetchOptions.dispatcher = new ProxyAgent({ uri: 'http://<PROXY-URI>', //Proxy example.: 123.123.123.123:1234 secureProxy: true, headers: { 'Proxy-Authorization': 'Basic ' + Buffer.from('<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>').toString('base64') } });

I changed HttpsProxyAgent to HttpProxyAgent with some input changes:
new HttpProxyAgent('http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY>'); //Proxy example: 123.123.123.123:1234

I hope this information is useful to others who may be encountering similar challenges.