Deploy and Host atproto-tap-example on Railway

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About Hosting atproto-tap-example

Set configs and deploy your atproto-tap-example backfiller on Railway.

Common Use Cases

• Backfilling atproto records
• Listening for new atproto records

Dependencies for atproto-tap-example Hosting

• tap
• postgresql

Deployment Dependencies

• tap
• @atproto/tap - TypeScript SDK for interacting with tap

Implementation Details

Example consuming tap

import { Tap, SimpleIndexer } from '@atproto/tap'

const tap = new Tap('https://{your tap service public domain}', {adminPassword: 'topsecret'})

const indexer = new SimpleIndexer()

indexer.identity(async (evt) => {
    console.log(`${evt.did} updated identity: ${evt.handle} (${evt.status})`)
})


indexer.record(async (evt, opts) => {

    const uri = `at://${evt.did}/${evt.collection}/${evt.rkey}`
    if (evt.action === 'create' || evt.action === 'update') {
        console.log(`${evt.action}: ${uri}`)
    } else {
        console.log(`deleted: ${uri}`)
    }
    //Uncomment to NOT acknowledge the event from the tap server so you can re run the script during development
    // opts.ack = () => console.log('"acknowledged"')
})


indexer.error((err) => console.error(err))

const channel = tap.channel(indexer)
channel.start()

Why Deploy atproto-tap-example on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying atproto-tap-example on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.