Mini Apps

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it would be interesting if you created a miniapp and went through the process of adding embed images like the one you shared. and actually told us what you learned and how you did it

i have been building frames and miniapps since they started and this is still something that feels out of my reach. that's why i don't do it more

this is a great idea but I bet someone could do it better (and faster) than I could

in general would love to see more content on making mini apps—think it's an underserved niched (@jc4p has been pulling weight here)

is this useful? it's the commit going from not having this feature in a mini app to having this feature, https://github.com/jc4p/what-x-are-you-template/commit/f2a8573e1f855c1e1544238e6aa7f7a237375e9b --- it's Nextjs AND Cloudflare bc i hate seeing a white loading screen waiting for the embed to generate on the fly

father, meditator and freelance miniapp builder and consultant

@jpfraneto.eth ^ this commit has updating a nextjs app for:

1. adding dependencies and setting up basic custom share image generation (just puts their PFP and result in a rectangle)
2. coordinating a generate share link -> generate image -> generate url flow
3. updating the app so when it gets ?image=blah-1234.png it sends that as the imageUrl in the fc:frame

yeah nodejs api endpoint to return a JPG or SVG works the same way

would you like nodejs server making calls to a (free) serverless api or would you like nodejs server handling the entire flow? the diff is first method scales up to like 30 people sharing at same time, second does too but with tons of extra work

do you think i can figure out from that repo how to do it on a nodejs server? i don't like using nextjs and that's part of what makes this difficult (most of the examples are for next, which has server side rendering for routes)