Decrease Cloud Code deployment size

Donovan_Hardwick · June 3, 2023, 1:00am

Good Day,

I would like to move over to the scale plan.

However I see that my Cloud Code deployment size is 59MB which is over the 20MB allocated in the scale plan. Can you kindly assist me in showing me where this data is stored so I can delete unnecessary files.

Kind Regards

stanislaw.grin · June 5, 2023, 8:01am

Hello @Donovan_Hardwick,

the deployment size includes all files you’re created along with dependency modules (node_modules) that you are using.
You can check the size of the deployment model using the following command when deploy:
npm run deploy -- --verbose --keep-zip --zip-size-confirmation

To reduce the deployment size, consider minimizing the installation of the dependencies to only the ones your code needs/uses. Additionally, you may apply additional filtering to identify what should be skipped from the dependent module’s folder. For instance, if {some_module} has the examples folder you may omit its inclusion by adding the following exclusion pattern in app.files of the coderunner.json file - !node_modules/some_module/examples.

More information:
The size of my code is bigger than allowed in the current payment tier

Regards,
Stanislaw

Donovan_Hardwick · June 5, 2023, 9:42am

Hi Stanislaw

Thank you for your assistance, but unfortunately this all sounds like french to me. I have very little understanding of this.

I have however had a look in the Files section and Cloud code section of backendless and don’t see anything that comes close to 59MB, most files are 8KB in size.

Kind Regards

stanislaw.grin · June 5, 2023, 9:52am

What’s your app id?

Donovan_Hardwick · June 5, 2023, 9:55am

App ID: 56447795-182A-D679-FF9E-05029343F800

stanislaw.grin · June 5, 2023, 10:16am

If you download your default JS model, unzip it and check the node_modules size, you’ll see that it consumes 40.6Mb:

As I said you can reduce the size of modules by revising your dependencies, potentially getting rid of unnecessary modules if there are any, and also omitting unnecessary files/directories when deploying for those modules that you need (for example, there is a module fooBar, which has a folder inside - “examples”. It takes up space and you don’t want them to end up in your deployment model. You can omit it by adding the following exclusion pattern in app.files of the coderunner.json file - !node_modules/fooBar/examples. This will instruct the coderunner to skip this directory when deploy.

Regards,
Stanislaw

Donovan_Hardwick · June 5, 2023, 10:21am

Thank Stanislaw

Why can I not see this on my side?

stanislaw.grin · June 5, 2023, 10:22am

You have the Java language selected in the toolbar. Change to JavaScript to see it’s files.

Donovan_Hardwick · June 5, 2023, 10:33am

Thanks again. Ive had a quick look at everything and most files are between 50bytes to 2KB. But I honestly don’t know what I need and don’t need.

Any advise on what to look for?

stanislaw.grin · June 5, 2023, 1:13pm

The problem is with the jspdf module - it has a lot of redundant dependencies, unused files (such as docs and examples), and so on. You may find someone who knows the JS and can help you reduce the size of this module, possibly by using the jspdf.node.min.js file from their dist folder instead of using the npm module:

Or you may want to consider replacing this module with another (lighter) one.

Regards,
Stanislaw

Donovan_Hardwick · June 5, 2023, 2:10pm

Thank you for your assistance Stanislaw.

Do you know anyone I can speak to?

Kind Regards

stanislaw.grin · June 5, 2023, 9:43pm

Who did this service for your app? If you have contacts, you may ask them to help you.
Another option is to contact us at sales@backendless.com and we will find a solution for you.

Regards,
Stanislaw

Donovan_Hardwick · June 6, 2023, 8:06am

Hi Stanislaw

I built the app but I started from the “CRM App Template” offered by backendless.

Kind Regards

Eva_Software · January 18, 2024, 7:36pm

I searched, and found this chat history. I wonder what do you changed to fix the issue. I had the same issue now.

Inna_Shkolnaya · January 19, 2024, 7:40am

Hello @Eva_Software

You can try the solution described in this post Decrease Cloud Code deployment size - #6 by stanislaw.grin.

Regards,
Inna

stanislaw.grin · January 19, 2024, 9:48pm

Hey @Eva_Software,

let me know if you need some assist, I will be happy to help you.

Regards,
Stanislaw

Eva_Software · January 20, 2024, 6:19pm

Yes. Thank you for offering help. I am trying to develop an app based on CRM template. But when I installed CRM template, it shows the deployment code size 40M. can you help me to point the directions how to clean the code, So it can reduce the deployment size. I only need a couple of pages from the template.

Thanks

Eva

vladimir-upirov · January 22, 2024, 11:53am

Hi @Eva_Software

We have improved CloudCode for the blueprint but it’s still in the testing stage.
However, I can provide you with a new (NOT FULLY TESTED) CloudCode version and you will be able to try it in your app

Instructions:

goto the Cloud Code => Codding => select JS
download the deployment model to keep the backup
download the attached zip file below and unzip it
copy the coderunner.json file from your code (zip file from step 2) and paste it into the folder from step 3
open the directory from step 3 in the terminal and run npm i
then run npm run deploy
finally, go back to the Codding screen (refresh the browser page if necessary)

CRM__JS_default_coding.zip (465.1 KB)

Regards,
Vlad

Stanislav_Podlesnyi · January 26, 2024, 1:28pm

Hi, @Donovan_Hardwick and @Eva_Software !

We are happy to announce that the CRM app has been updated to the 2.1.0 version with a decreased CloudCode deployment size. You already can try it on the Marketplace.

Happy Codeless Coding!