javascript - Call cloud functions without waiting for response

Question

Trying a little hack here with cloud functions but can't seem to figure out what the issue is.

I'm currently using now.sh to host serverless functions and would like to call 1 function from another. Lets say I have 2 functions declared fetchData & setData. When the setData function is called it processes some data and then calls the fetchData function.

export const setData = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  await axios.post(
    fetchDataEndpointUrl,
    {
      params: {
        key,
      },
    },
  );

  return res.json({
    payload: true,
  });

}

The above code works fine but the time taken for the entire operation to complete would be setData function call + the time taken for the fetchData function call to complete. What I'm trying to do is make a call to fetchData without having to wait for it to complete essentially removing the await in the axios call. I've tried removing the await but the call just ends abruptly when the setData call ends. Is there a way to decouple this action and not have to wait for the setData function to complete?

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