title: Cloud Functions for Firebase using es6 import statement
body: <p>Is there any way to use es6 syntax in Cloud Functions for Firebase?</p>
  
  <pre><code>import functions from 'firebase-functions';
  
  export const helloWorld = functions.https.onRequest((request, response) =&gt; {
   response.send("Hello from Firebase!");
  })
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>fails on:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
  </code></pre>