Separate Server for Website and Uncomment

[Jieiku]

I am trying to set this up in an environment where there are two servers, one for the website and one for the uncomment server.

I see (this), and from the readme this:

<div id="comments"></div>
<script data-uncomment
    data-uncomment-target="#comments"
    src="https://uncomment.your-website.com/en-GB/embed.js"></script>

What I am wondering is how I can use the script locally on my website, and it still know how/where to connect to the uncomment server, maybe with a new host value? eg:

<div id="comments"></div>
<script data-uncomment
    data-uncomment-host="111.222.123.44:5000"
    data-uncomment-target="#comments"
    src="embed.js"></script>

I can tell that it was probably not designed to do this, but before I dig in I wanted to get your thoughts on this.

[nielssp]

I originally intended the scripts/assets to be served by the Uncomment server, so it made sense to just use the src attribute, but since the scripts are static I can totally see the value in serving just the scripts from somewhere else, like a CDN. So I've added data-uncomment-host as a client configuration option as you suggested.

[Jieiku]

Awesome, I just pulled the changes, going to tinker with it tonight but it may be a few days before I make any real progress, have to work tomorrow and sunday is fathers day.

[Jieiku]

Got it! just had to:

cd /uncomment
sudo npm install -g typescript
npm i --save-dev @types/node
tsc

and the dist folder was created.

[Jieiku]

ok gotta get to bed, I got the scripts compiled and the server configured and running without error.

(my guess is I did not compile it correctly in the previous post, even though there were no errors.)

I have the scripts on the website (count and embed) however I am seeing an error exports is not defined

[nielssp]

The scripts are compiled/bundled using Web pack, it should all work just by running ``` npm install npm run build ``` I wrote the readme with docker in mind (much quicker to get the server up and running using docker), so I left out the build instructions. I'll try to add this soon. I'll also try to add some more details about setting up the server.

…

On Sat, 18 Jun 2022, 10:26 Jake G, ***@***.***> wrote: ok gotta get to bed, I got the scripts compiled and the server configured and running without error. I have the scripts on the website (count and embed) however I am seeing an error: [image: 2022-06-18_01-25-43] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/106644/174429548-2beaac2d-1a42-430c-b66c-9bda535ab550.png> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AADHTNEW56IE7APW4VE33T3VPWB4JANCNFSM5Y733BGQ> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Jieiku]

Well here is what I did so far, maybe it can save you some time.

(I know most people like docker, but I am already running a different virtual environment):

sudo apt-get install -y git curl gnupg2 build-essential libssl-dev pkg-config clang postgresql libpq-dev

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
1
enter
sudo reboot
rustup update
rustc --version

git clone https://github.com/nielssp/uncomment
cd uncomment

## create and configure .env

npm install # did this from my workstation instead
npm run build # did this from my workstation instead
# copy dist folder into uncomment folder on server

cargo build
#cargo build --release

#cargo build --features postgres
#cargo build --release --features postgres

./target/debug/uncomment
#./target/release/uncomment