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Can anyone explain what this would be used for? From the looks of the demo it looks like you instruct CloudFlare to inject some code, e.g. embedded google maps

Can anyone explain what this would be used for? From the looks of the demo it looks like you instruct CloudFlare to inject some code, e.g. embedded google maps into a website at a location in the DOM. How is that different from the website owner from just putting an embed link in their website and updating the site? Or is the idea you can add/remove these things dynamically through the CloudFlare web interface without having to touch any code?

zackbloom 9y ago
You can get a good idea of how it works by clicking through some previews, you don't have to actually use Cloudflare yet to preview apps on a site: https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/ https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/
kentonv 9y ago
> Or is the idea you can add/remove these things dynamically through the CloudFlare web interface without having to touch any code? Yes. There is a fancy preview thingy which lets you visually choose where to inject the element into the DOM, and a configuration UI which supports things like provisioning OAuth credentials for APIs, etc. No code needed (on the part of the site owner; code is written by app publisher).
thephyber 9y ago
> How is that different from the website owner from just putting an embed link in their website and updating the site? One click to install, plus developers can charge clients using CloudFlare's payment system (70/30 rev share). From the CloudFlare Docs site[1]: > We will bill the user as a part of their normal Cloudflare bill, beginning on the first of the next month (prorated based on when they installed the app). We will then send you your ~70% cut via our payment provider who supports a wide variety of transfer methods. [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/developer/docs/writing-your-app/charging-for-your-app https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/developer/docs/writing-your-...

zackbloom 9y ago

You can get a good idea of how it works by clicking through some previews, you don't have to actually use Cloudflare yet to preview apps on a site: https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/ https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/

kentonv 9y ago

> Or is the idea you can add/remove these things dynamically through the CloudFlare web interface without having to touch any code? Yes. There is a fancy preview thingy which lets you visually choose where to inject the element into the DOM, and a configuration UI which supports things like provisioning OAuth credentials for APIs, etc. No code needed (on the part of the site owner; code is written by app publisher).

thephyber 9y ago

> How is that different from the website owner from just putting an embed link in their website and updating the site? One click to install, plus developers can charge clients using CloudFlare's payment system (70/30 rev share). From the CloudFlare Docs site[1]: > We will bill the user as a part of their normal Cloudflare bill, beginning on the first of the next month (prorated based on when they installed the app). We will then send you your ~70% cut via our payment provider who supports a wide variety of transfer methods. [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/developer/docs/writing-your-app/charging-for-your-app https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/developer/docs/writing-your-...