Instant URLs for Static Sites - via GitHub Actions

Hi all,

This is my first post in dev.to :)

Background

I've been using GitHub Actions extensively at work and on personal projects for running test suites, but also for previewing and deploying static sites.

I found configuring S3 and CloudFront each time a real pain; there are so many options to choose from and so many settings that need to be correct in order to use S3 to host a static site, it just felt slow. It's also a pain to get "pretty" folder URLs working e.g. /my-page/ to load /my-page/index.html

I also looked at other options (e.g. Netlify), but these seemed overkill for what I wanted (an instant, purely static deployment).

Solution

So this is what I've come up with.... https://www.gostaticapp.com/ - Instant URLs for Static Sites

This allows you to deploy from a GitHub action, or directly via cURL.

Your output files are uploaded and a URL is provided in seconds.

If you have triggered the GitHub action to run on a Pull Request, it will add a comment to the PR with the URL.

Future updates

• Right now URLs are ephemeral and last for 3 days before being deleted
• I intend to support permanent URLs and custom domains in the near future

Article - Deploying Jigsaw CMS

https://www.gostaticapp.com/jigsaw-github-action

GitHub action

https://github.com/marketplace/actions/gostatic-deploy

I'm keen to hear any feedback...!