Does it support streaming html?

[ofek-a]

My use case requires rapid changing content that therefore can't be cached + also fast TTFB.

Is it possible to stream part of the html instead of sending all of it in one chunk, causing long TTFB?

[frandiox]

@ofeka Hi there! Streaming is not supported right now. I think even the worker environment is missing certain APIs related to streaming (https://twitter.com/KentonVarda/status/1425139649681444868).

[ofek-a]

@frandiox Hi! Thanks for the reply!

I've been digging through the web and found this article - https://jross.me/server-side-rendering-vue-cloudflare-workers/

Do you think this could somehow be supported? I could even try to tinker with it myself if you think it could be merged back.

[frandiox]

@ofeka Ah yes, I remember that article. If you have time to test it then sure, I can help with some guidance:

• The actual rendering happens in vite-ssr repo.
• We would need to add an option to the plugin for enabling streaming, and then modify entry-server in vite-ssr accordingly.
• I think the main challenge is making it work in development with renderToNodeStream and then in prod with renderToWebStream + workarounds. It's also possible to rely on Node 16 native ReadableStream for development, although it's not stable yet.

Tell me if that sounds feasible.