cloudflare/workers-sdk

Features

• Cloud Deployment CLI Tools - Ships a command-line interface to manage the full lifecycle of edge functions from bundling to global deployment.
• Distributed Edge Compute Platforms - Provides a comprehensive toolkit for developing and deploying code to a distributed edge compute platform.
• Edge Network Deployment - Publishes scripts to a global network of edge-optimized cloud platforms to execute logic close to users.
• Durable Workflow Execution Engines - Coordinates stateful instances and durable execution of long-running processes across a global edge network.
• Edge AI Model Deployment - Deploys and runs machine learning models and manages vector indexes at the network edge.
• Key-Value Stores - Connects functions to a global key-value store for high-performance retrieval of simple data pairs.
• Object Storage Services - Links workers to unstructured data buckets for scalable storage and retrieval of large files.
• Stateful Durable Objects - Coordinates stateful worker instances using a consistent storage mechanism for low-latency data access.
• Deployment Command Line Interfaces - Provides a command-line interface for managing the entire lifecycle and deployment of edge worker projects.
• Development Preview Servers - Ships a local development server with live reloading for real-time iteration on code changes.
• Local Development Environments - Provides a local environment that simulates the cloud runtime for prototyping and debugging functions.
• Local Emulation Environments - Simulates the cloud execution environment on a local machine for testing and debugging.
• Project Bundling - Compiles and bundles the entire project and its dependencies into a single deployable script for the edge.
• Module Bundling - Bundles multiple source files and dependencies into a single deployable script for the edge.
• Durable Task Orchestrators - Coordinates multi-step application logic with state persistence to ensure reliable completion of long-running processes.
• Source Code Bundlers - Compiles and bundles multiple source files into optimized scripts compatible with distributed serverless runtimes.
• Edge Request Processing - Distributes compiled logic across a global network to process requests at the location closest to the user.
• Serverless Provisioning - Automates the provisioning of underlying serverless infrastructure like databases and storage via configuration files.
• Serverless Development Environments - Provides a complete environment for local development, testing, and debugging of serverless functions.
• Serverless Function Management - Provides programmatic control over the lifecycle, deployment, and execution of serverless functions.
• Serverless Lifecycle Management - Offers a command line interface to manage the entire lifecycle of serverless projects from local simulation to deployment.
• Resource Bindings - Provides a system for provisioning and binding key-value stores, SQL databases, and object storage to edge functions.
• Serverless Resource Orchestration - Controls the lifecycle of serverless components including storage buckets, databases, and message queues.
• Secret Management - Securely manages and injects encrypted secret bindings into the worker runtime for sensitive configuration.
• Durable Workflow Engines - Creates multi-step application logic with state persistence to ensure reliable execution of long-running processes.
• Distributed State Coordination - Connects serverless functions to consistent storage to maintain state across distributed requests.
• Local Cloud Simulation - Emulates a cloud-based execution environment locally to test and debug worker scripts.
• Machine Learning Model APIs - Runs pre-trained AI models over the network to process data and generate predictions.
• Postgres Adapters - Provides connection adapters and accelerators for querying PostgreSQL databases from the edge.
• Search and Indexing - Integrates managed search services and vector search instances for advanced discovery within edge functions.
• SQL Database Connectivity - Integrates serverless functions with SQL-speaking datastores for relational data management.
• Vector Indexing - Provides bindings to vector indexes for inserting and querying embeddings to enable semantic search.
• Background Task Schedulers - Provides cron-based scheduling for recurring background worker functions.
• Build Configurations - Provides custom settings and shell scripts for build-time asset management and module resolution.
• Headless Browser Automation - Provides programmatic control of headless Chromium browser instances via authenticated endpoints for web automation.
• Project Settings - Uses typed configuration files to define application settings and build parameters across environments.
• Project Initializers - Bootstraps new project directories with essential configuration files and dependency structures.
• Background Job Processing - Supports recurring cron jobs and durable workflows for automated background processing and periodic tasks.
• Environment Variable Configurations - Injects runtime settings and configuration parameters into workers via key-value environment variables.
• Deployment Environment Management - Enables the creation of named configurations and variables to isolate staging and production environments.
• Global Code Distribution Pipelines - Manages the pipeline for pushing compiled scripts from a local CLI to a worldwide network of edge nodes.
• Resource Manifest Provisioning - Automatically creates and links cloud storage and databases based on a declarative configuration file.
• Message Queues - Provides global message queues to decouple system components through asynchronous batch processing.
• Storage Provisioning - Automatically allocates and provisions persistent storage resources during the deployment process.
• Automated Resource Provisioning - Automatically provisions missing cloud resources and storage buckets based on the project manifest.
• Module Aliasing - Allows assigning custom names to imported modules to redirect dependencies and improve organization.
• Service Bindings - Maps external services and secrets to the runtime via a manifest for automatic code availability.
• Secret Injection Layers - Injects encrypted configuration values and variables into the runtime to decouple secrets from source code.
• Headless Browser Controllers - Provides an authenticated endpoint to programmatically manage and operate Chromium browser instances.
• URL Routing - Directs incoming network traffic to specific worker functions based on defined URL patterns.

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