tvass

That Very Awesome Serverless Site - demo serverless site showing count of page viewers in realtime. Check out the walkthrough

Prerequisites

• Node.js v6.5.0 or greater
• An AWS account. You can sign up for a free account here
• A Pusher account. Sign up here

Getting Started

1. Install the serverless framework: npm install -g serverless
2. Run serverless install --url https://github.com/shalvah/tvass to install the service
3. Install dependencies: cd tvass && npm install
4. Create a pusher app and obtain your app keys from the dashboard. Replace the PUSHER_* environment variables in the serverless.yml file with your app credentials. $. Deploy: serverless deploy (You'll need to configure the serverless CLI with your AWS credentials first; follow these instructions)
5. Enable Channel existence webhooks for your Pusher app (Dashboard > Webhooks). Copy the POST URL printed to the console after running serverless deploy and paste in the text field as the webhook URL.

Built With

• Pusher - APIs to enable devs building realtime features
• the serverless framework - CLI tool for building serverless apps
• AWS Lambda Functions - serverless cloud provider
• Node.js