ideapad-320 wrote:

Get a raspberry pi. It depends what your doing, but even one of the cheapest ones might be fine.
You can also use task scheduler to make your code start if your windows PC is on. Make sure you choose the right settings for that. I suggest you don't make a simple task, you make a normal task.
Ask a IRL friend to run the code 24/7 on their hardware.

why are scratchers afraid of deploying services properly? there are tools specifically for this lol

WojtekGame wrote:

1.hardware and assembly

what does this have to do with hosting web services

Knightbot63 wrote:

Mryellowdoggy wrote:

(#18)
I have been using this website for a while. Seems to work pretty good, and doesn't go offline or have a ton of limitations.

So I can run all my backends on there 24/7?

I haven’t done much backend stuff, but as far as I know, I think it would.

Mryellowdoggy wrote:

I haven’t done much backend stuff, but as far as I know, I think it would.

Well that'll be a good alternative. Hope I remember my codesandbox name.

*sigh* codesandbox, you can't remove pip by upgrading pip

Knightbot63 wrote:

imfh wrote:

(#17)
Lookup raspberry pi locator. There’s a website that finds stores that have Pis in stock. You can buy RPi 3s for fairly normal pricing, about $30.

You could also try using oracle cloud always free tier. Setup is a bit complex, and you need a credit card to prove you are a human (it doesn’t charge anything though, except like $0.99 that it refunds), but at the end you get a Linux server that is always running. You can host whatever you want from there. Sometimes the availability is a bit spotty, so it might not end up working for you.

See this tutorial to get an idea of how to setup the oracle cloud server. It shows how to do a Minecraft server, but you could do a web server instead.

https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/post/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-really-powerful-free-minecraft-server-in-the-cloud

Thanks, but I was looking for online sites that I can host my backends.

Oracle cloud is a site that can host your backend.

WHYYYYYYYYYYY

I just wanted this so I can do O N E thing.

I tried codesandbox for a project to revive the backend, but now, it used to work for 5-10 minutes when my tab is closed and it's just going offline. Do I need the server ping script?

Knightbot63 wrote:

(#27)
I tried codesandbox for a project to revive the backend, but now, it used to work for 5-10 minutes when my tab is closed and it's just going offline. Do I need the server ping script?

About 1 hour later and it does seem like it has downtimes sometimes with my backend servers.

Knightbot63 wrote:

(#28)

Knightbot63 wrote:

(#27)
I tried codesandbox for a project to revive the backend, but now, it used to work for 5-10 minutes when my tab is closed and it's just going offline. Do I need the server ping script?

About 1 hour later and it does seem like it has downtimes sometimes with my backend servers.

Use deta.space for simple serverless hosting! It is really very cool and almost free.

Unfortunately, I don't know any hosting providers for non-serverless hosting

Sid72020123 wrote:

(#29)
Use deta.space for simple serverless hosting! It is really very cool and almost free.

Unfortunately, I don't know any hosting providers for non-serverless hosting

I'll try that and see if it doesn't expire.

Knightbot63 wrote:

(#30)

Sid72020123 wrote:

(#29)
Use deta.space for simple serverless hosting! It is really very cool and almost free.

Unfortunately, I don't know any hosting providers for non-serverless hosting

I'll try that and see if it doesn't expire.

Ok. But note that it is server-less hosting which means you won't be able to run the program 24/7 but the program gets executed when the user requests the endpoint. In other words, you can only host some kind of “backend” (or using the frontend) APIs.

Render.com is also a great alternative to replit. Using it, you can host your code 24/7 (Actually, it has some limits too)

Sid72020123 wrote:

(#31)
Render.com is also a great alternative to replit. Using it, you can host your code 24/7 (Actually, it has some limits too)

Hope it doesn't cost money for stuff.

Knightbot63 wrote:

(#32)
Hope it doesn't cost money for stuff.

Now time to guess what supports python.

Knightbot63 wrote:

(#32)

Sid72020123 wrote:

(#31)
Render.com is also a great alternative to replit. Using it, you can host your code 24/7 (Actually, it has some limits too)

Hope it doesn't cost money for stuff.

It won't ask you to pay for their services except when you pass their limits. See their pricing: https://render.com/pricing

Note: I actually don't remember clearly whether render.com is a server-less provider or not as I hadn't used it for a while…

Sid72020123 wrote:

(#32)
It won't ask you to pay for their services except when you pass their limits. See their pricing: https://render.com/pricing]

For Cron Jobs, webservices, you need to use a credit card which is what I really do not like about some services.

Knightbot63 wrote:

(#35)

Sid72020123 wrote:

(#32)
It won't ask you to pay for their services except when you pass their limits. See their pricing: https://render.com/pricing]

For Cron Jobs, webservices, you need to use a credit card which is what I really do not like about some services.

Yeah. No hosting services are actually fully free to use

bigspeedfpv wrote:

WojtekGame wrote:

1.hardware and assembly

what does this have to do with hosting web services

i meant from the response, not you.

anyways idk why he said, “bleh” when i expected something else, anyways PI uses some assembly though.

Knightbot63 wrote:

I tried codesandbox for a project to revive the backend, but now, it used to work for 5-10 minutes when my tab is closed and it's just going offline. Do I need the server ping script?

make a flask/other framework website and then you need a server ping script to kinda “curl” the website so it will be “always active”, kinda unsure, but

WojtekGame wrote:

make a flask/other framework website and then you need a server ping script to kinda “curl” the website so it will be “always active”, kinda unsure, but

But I want it on 24/7 without that.

Knightbot63 wrote:

WojtekGame wrote:

make a flask/other framework website and then you need a server ping script to kinda “curl” the website so it will be “always active”, kinda unsure, but

But I want it on 24/7 without that.

make a “spider” then, or literally tell a scratcher to make one.

WojtekGame wrote:

(#39)

Knightbot63 wrote:

WojtekGame wrote:

make a flask/other framework website and then you need a server ping script to kinda “curl” the website so it will be “always active”, kinda unsure, but

But I want it on 24/7 without that.

make a “spider” then, or literally tell a scratcher to make one.

What the heck is a spider? Is that even a site I can use my backends to run 24/7 no money?