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VERCEL and the Internet Computer

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I'm excited to share with you my latest piece on VERCEL and the Internet Computer. This article shows how a SvelteKit application hosted on VERCEL can access data from the Internet Computer using Server-Side Rendering (SSR).

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VERCEL and the Internet Computer

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This is a demo project to demonstrate how a Web2 frontend hosted on VERCEL can access a Motoko backend canister on the Internet Computer using Server Side Rendering (SSR).

In this example the frontend is a SvelteKit application and the backend is a Motoko canister running in a dedicated canister on the Internet Computer. The frontend calls a Body Mass Index (BMI) calculation function in a dedicated canister and displays the result.

This example shows that a frontend that is NOT hosted on the Internet Computer can access a backend on the Internet Computer using Server Side Rendering (SSR).

How to use this example

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# create a base folder
mkdir myBmi && cd myBmi

# copy project files
npx degit https://github.com/samlinux-development/ic-vercel-sveltekit-2

# install dependencies
npm install
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This project uses a special canister for…

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