Error while deploying react based SSR app, using firebase-functions

Question

I am trying to deploy my SSR app in firebase originally forked from https://github.com/subhendukundu/template-react-ssr/tree/feature/react-router, after doing some modification in the app. Which works fine when I do sudo firebase serve --only functions,hosting but throwing error when I do firebase deploy. The reproducible repo is https://github.com/subhendukundu/template-react-ssr/tree/feature/react-router, which has a package.json https://github.com/subhendukundu/template-react-ssr/tree/feature/react-router/public I am using the public directory as my function directory as well, https://github.com/subhendukundu/template-react-ssr/blob/feature/react-router/firebase.json. However, even if I am using a different function directory for my cloud functions, I see the same errors. Is there anyway I can fix it?

Answer 1

It is possible, but you cannot serve static assets with cloud functions. You need a mix of firebase functions and firebase hosting.

The guys at Firebase already thought on this and you also have an implementation available.

Check the following documentation:

• Overview
• Dynamic Content
• Code Example
• Youtube Video

Note: There is a delay that you need to take into consideration when using cloud functions.

When a new instance handles its first request, the response time suffers, which is called a cold start

More info