v2.0.0-alpha.21

[blakebyrnes]

BREAKING CHANGES

• @ulixee/miner package is now @ulixee/cloud.
  You must import {CloudNode} from @ulixee/cloud and use in place of Miner.

Bug Fixes

• desktop: vm breaks in packaged electron app (a5c9f4e)
• datastore: failing tests (8e3f881)
• datastore: output rebuilding (8d10cc7)
• desktop: binary not loading properly (3b0b641)
• desktop: event handling fixes (841c031)

Features

• datastore: add ability to “start” and watch (e9c92bc)
• datastore: add docs (da39923)
• datastore: simplify query to live in main (b7dd56a)
• desktop: add datastore details page (a6bce0b)
• desktop: getting started guide (1e3fd87)
• desktop: log user queries locally (33fb721)
• desktop: query ability on queries tab (3960c7b)

New Contributors

• @Keelan10 made their first contribution in Security fix for VM2 #176

Full Changelog: v2.0.0-alpha.19...v2.0.0-alpha.21

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This discussion was created from the release v2.0.0-alpha.21.

[blakebyrnes]

Introducing Ulixee Datastores and Desktop

We've been working on the next generation of the Ulixee Platform, highlighted by Datastores, which are storefronts for structured data feeds. They allow you to create "databases" that mix "live" web-extracted data with cached results. Almost like you have a table-oriented "View" of a website that you can choose to left join with other Views or metadata tables.

Datastores are queryable in plain SQL, and can be priced in amounts as low as 1/millionth of a dollar per query (we'll get into the what and how in a future post, as it's not quite ready for prime-time).

To truly grok Datastores, you kind of need to see them in action. We built the first version of an app to help you understand how all these pieces fit together. It's called Ulixee Desktop (downloadable under assets) here. The Getting Started guide will give you a sense of what's coming.

NOTE: if you're on Windows, the code signing certificate is still in process, so you have to tell Windows to trust the file until we get that cert.

Datastores are rapidly becoming a reality, but we have a few more features left before we recommend using them in production (among the highest - you can only run them on a single server right now, and the payments system is not ready yet).

That said, we'd LOVE your early feedback. As an added bonus, the Ulixee Desktop app comes with a built-in Hero module called ChromeAlive that allows you to replay previous Hero sessions, and even as a live development tool.

Check it out and give us feedback here or in Discord! Excited to hear your thoughts,

Blake and Caleb