Added new section in README.md to clarify how to do local testing of …

README.md

@@ -179,6 +179,73 @@ For more details on this signature type, check out the Google Cloud Functions
 documentation on
 [background functions](https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/writing/background#cloud_pubsub_example).
 
+## Local testing of cloud events
+The setup for cloud functions that accept events is very similar to the instructions in the quickstart, with the following adjustments:
+
+In your package.json, add a signature type (in bold) to your start command:
+<pre>
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "functions-framework --target=helloWorld <b>--signature-type=event"</b>
+  }
+</pre>
+
+Upon running ```sh npm start ```, you'll see the function is still being served at http://localhost:8080/. However it is no longer accessible via GET requests from the browser. Instead, send a POST request where the request body conforms to the API defined by [push subscriptions](https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/push). 
+
+### Submitting POST request to simulating a pubsub message
+
+Create mockPubsub.json file with the following contents:
+```json
+{
+  "message": {
+    "attributes": {
+      "key": "value"
+    },
+    "data": "SGVsbG8gQ2xvdWQgUHViL1N1YiEgSGVyZSBpcyBteSBtZXNzYWdlIQ==",
+    "messageId": "136969346945"
+  },
+  "subscription": "projects/myproject/subscriptions/mysubscription"
+}
+```
+
+The file can be in any folder on your computer. From the terminal, goto the directory where ```mockPubsub.json``` is located, and run the following command assuming your cloud function is hosted locally on port 8080:
+```sh 
+curl -d "@mockPubsub.json" -X POST http://localhost:8080
+```
+
+ ### Using pubsub emulator
+
+ Another way to test your cloud function pubsub endpoint is to use the [pubsub emulator](https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/emulator). This allows you to use the pubsub notification from another service to trigger your cloud function.
+
+ The high level approach is to:
+ 1. Start the pubsub emulator
+ 2. Use the pubsub client library to create a subscription and set the pushEndpoint to http://localhost:8080.
+
+ After that, all notifications to the subscription topic will be pushed to your cloud function.
+
+ Sample script for creating subscription with pushEndpoint:
+
+ ```js
+{ PubSub } require('@google-cloud/pubsub');
+
+async function main() {
+  const pubsub = new PubSub({
+    apiEndpoint: 'localhost:8085', // Pubsub emulator endpoint
+    projectId: 'myproject',
+  });
+  const topic = await pubsub.topic('my-topic');
+  const [topicExists] = await topic.exists();
+  if (!topicExists) {
+    await topic.create();
+  }
+  const createSubscriptionResponse = await topic.createSubscription('my_subscription', {
+    pushEndpoint: 'https://localhost:8080',
+  });
+}
+
+main();
+ ```
+
+
 # Contributing
 
 Contributions to this library are welcome and encouraged. See