now.md

Deploying to Now.sh with Caching

The plan:

• deploy to Now.sh with serverless
• use Now.sh CDN cache

1. Deploying to Now.sh

First let's make sure your project is serverless.

Presuming your code is in index.js, instead of ending your code with addon.serveHTTP, use:

module.exports = addon.getInterface()

where addon is:

const { addonBuilder } = require("stremio-addon-sdk")
const addon = new addonBuilder(manifest);

Create serverless.js, which includes:

const { getRouter } = require("stremio-addon-sdk");
const addonInterface = require("./addon");
const router = getRouter(addonInterface);
module.exports = function(req, res) {
    router(req, res, function() {
        res.statusCode = 404;
        res.end();
    });
}

Create a now.json file that includes:

{
    "version": 2,
    "builds": [
        { "src": "serverless.js", "use": "@now/node" }
    ],
    "routes": [
        { "src": "/.*", "dest": "/serverless.js" }
    ]
}

Now go to now.sh and create an account if you don't have one, then install the now cli tool with:

npm install -g now

Open a terminal window, go to your project's directory and simply write now, this will prompt for login, after you login you'll get your Now.sh URL.

2. Use Now.sh CDN Caching

It is important to set the cacheMaxAge parameter in the responses with the number of seconds you want the responses cached by Now.sh's CDN. Caching is important to reduce the number of requests and ensuring the longevity of your addon.

The cacheMaxAge parameter is documented for all request handlers.

You're done!