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1 | > ⚠️ **This repository is archived and kept for reference purposes only.**
2 | > It is no longer maintained and will not receive updates or support.
3 |
4 | # Sample Function: QR Code Generator
5 |
6 | ## Introduction
7 |
8 | This repository contains a sample QR code generator function. You can deploy it on DigitalOcean's App Platform as a Serverless Function component.
9 | Documentation is available at https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/functions.
10 |
11 | ### Requirements
12 |
13 | * You need a DigitalOcean account. If you don't already have one, you can sign up at [https://cloud.digitalocean.com/registrations/new](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/registrations/new).
14 | * To deploy from the command line, you will need the [DigitalOcean `doctl` CLI](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl/releases).
15 |
16 | ## Deploying the Function
17 |
18 | ```
19 | # clone this repo
20 | git clone git@github.com:digitalocean/sample-functions-nodejs-qrcode.git
21 | ```
22 |
23 | ```
24 | # deploy the project
25 | > doctl serverless deploy sample-functions-nodejs-qrcode
26 | Deploying 'sample-functions-nodejs-qrcode'
27 | to namespace 'fn-...'
28 | on host 'https://faas-...'
29 | Started running npm install --production in sample-functions-nodejs-qrcode/default/qr
30 | Finished running npm install --production in sample-functions-nodejs-qrcode/default/qr
31 | ...
32 |
33 | Deployed functions ('doctl sbx fn get --url' for URL):
34 | - qr
35 | ```
36 |
37 | ## Using the Function
38 |
39 | ```
40 | > doctl serverless functions invoke qr/qr -p text:hello
41 | {
42 | "body": "data:image/png;base64,iVB...5CYII=",
43 | "headers": {
44 | "content-type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
45 | }
46 | }
47 | ```
48 |
49 | ### Project File Structure
50 |
51 | This app is a stateless single-page web application that generates a [QR code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code) from text that a user submits.
52 |
53 | This project has the following components:
54 |
55 | - A single [`index.html`](./client/index.html) file, which has a field for a visitor to enter some text and click **Submit**.
56 | - A single JavaScript file [`qr.js`](./packages/default/qr/qr.js) that provides the backend logic for the conversion of text to QR code.
57 | - A Node package manager file called [`package.json`](./packages/default/qr/package.json), which describes what dependencies the function has.
58 |
59 | The GitHub project has the file structure that App Platform uses to intelligently deploy the project:
60 |
61 | - The [`packages`](./packages) directory contains the project's API implementation, and in this example, there's only one API implemented by a single function. The first subdirectory name usually serves as the package qualifier. The next subdirectory, [`qr`](./packages/default/qr), is the name of the function, and the file [`qr.js`](./packages/default/qr/qr.js) contains the logic for that function. The qualified name of the function is also the name of the API it implements which is `default/qr` in this case.
62 | - The [`client`](./client) directory contains the static web content for the project. In this case, there is just one HTML file and one image. The [`index.html`](./client/index.html) file contains a form with a text box for the user to input the text that will be converted.
63 |
64 | ### Notes on QR Logic
65 |
66 | The code for the QR action is standard Node.js. It uses an existing Node [library](https://www.npmjs.com/package/qrcode) package for the actual QR code generation.
67 |
68 | ### Notes on QR Web Content
69 |
70 | The [`index.html`](./client/index.html) file contains the usual markup and logic that you'd write for standard web deployment, with an input form for text. In this case, it calls an API to retrieve a QR code for the form input. This API is implemented by [`qr.js`](./packages/default/qr/qr.js).
71 |
72 | ### Notes on `package.json`
73 |
74 | The [`package.json`](./packages/default/qr/package.json) file in the [`qr`](./packages/default/qr) directory triggers an automatic build of the action when the function in [`qr.js`](./packages/default/qr/qr.js) is modified.
75 |
76 | ### Learn More
77 |
78 | You can learn more about Functions and App Platform integration in [the official App Platform Documentation](https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/app-platform/).
79 |
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