<medium-firebase-proxy>

Medium does not offer an API to retrieve your medium stories.

Luckily https://medium.com/@jalalio/latest?format=json returns json.

The problems:

1. Medium prevents JSON hacking by putting this string in the beginning of the json ])}while(1);</x>
2. They don't allow cross domain calls so our AJAX response gets rejected in the browser

The solution: A firebase function which fetches the medium URL and returns a nice JSON string.

1. Add a firebase project

Create a new project or add later to an existing one. https://console.firebase.google.com

2. Install firebase CLI

npm install -g firebase-tools

See docs

3. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/JaySunSyn/medium-firebase-proxy
cd medium-firebase-proxy

4. Add your medium username

open functions/index.js replace YOUR_MEDIUM_USERNAME with your actual username

5. Add your Firebase project id

open .firebaserc replace YOUR_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID with your project id

5. Deploy

firebase deploy

6. Copy function URL

go to https://console.firebase.google.com/u/0/project/YOUR_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID/functions/list copy the URL listed under the medium function. e.g. https://us-central1-my-app.cloudfunctions.net/medium

7. Use the URL

e.g. in the medium-stories-element