Xata Workers: client-side database access without client-side secrets
Nov 16, 2022Alexis Rico, Tanushree Sharma

Summary
This post details Xata's implementation of Xata Workers using Cloudflare Workers for Platforms. Key technical contributions include: using Worker Namespaces to group and encapsulate functions, creating Worker Scripts with unique names and compilation identifiers, injecting database connection details during compilation to restrict access scope, and implementing a Dispatcher function for routing requests, configuring CORS headers, and managing log drains. It also highlights the use of KV Namespace for caching query results and the use of Miniflare for local development emulation.