cloud-function

Cloud Function

This is MDN's HTTP request handler, deployed using Cloud Functions behind Cloud CDN. It mostly proxies requests and handles some special routes directly.

Quickstart

Run npm start to serve the Cloud Function at http://localhost:7100/.

By default, it will use your local client/build directory, serving it at http://localhost:8100/, and proxy API requests to the stage API at https://developer.allizom.org/.

How to use a local Rumba?

Set SOURCE_API=http://localhost:8000/ in your .env.

How to use Glean?

To use Glean, the Cloud Function must be accessed via HTTPS. Otherwise the Glean.js SDK throws an uncaught error that prevents execution of JavaScript.

We recommend using mkcert to create a locally-trusted development certificate. Add the key and certificate paths as HTTPS_KEY_FILE and HTTPS_CERT_FILE variables to your .env file. This will automatically enable an HTTPS proxy at https://localhost/ in addition to http://localhost:7100/.

Environment variables

The function uses the following environment variables:

• ORIGIN_MAIN (default: "localhost") - The expected Host header value for requests to the main site.
• ORIGIN_LIVE_SAMPLES (default: "localhost") - The expected Host header value for requests to live samples.
• SOURCE_CONTENT (default: "http://localhost:8100") - The URL at which the client build is served.
• SOURCE_API (default: "https://developer.allizom.org/") - The URL at which the API is served.
• WILDCARD_ENABLED (default: false) - If enabled, accepts any Host header value, and uses the leftmost subdomain to route into a subdirectory of SOURCE_CONTENT.

The placement handler uses the following environment variables:

• SIGN_SECRET (default: "") - Required for serving placements.

You can override the defaults by adding a .env file with KEY=value lines.