Node Unblocker Vercel

Using Vercel CLI:

npm i -g vercel
vercel --prod

Or connect your GitHub repo to Vercel – automatic deploys on push.

Vercel’s configuration file allows you to route all traffic through a single serverless function. With a few lines of JSON, you can tell Vercel: "Any request that comes to this domain should be handled by my Node Unblocker script."

Key mismatches between Node Unblocker and Vercel:

Conclusion: Directly running an unmodified Node Unblocker server on Vercel is not feasible; a re-architected, function-based implementation with trimmed features may be possible but has significant constraints and risks.

Given constraints, two feasible approaches are: node unblocker vercel

Trade-offs:

Note: This is for educational purposes only. Deploying a proxy that bypasses terms of service is against Vercel’s policies.

A basic implementation would involve:

You would then deploy it with the Vercel CLI:

vercel --prod

Add a simple rate limiter to prevent your Vercel function from being abused (and running up your bill): Using Vercel CLI: npm i -g vercel vercel --prod

npm install express-rate-limit

Note: Integrating rate limiting into the serverless function requires wrapping the unblocker in an express app.

Create the folder structure Vercel requires:

mkdir -p api

Inside api/, create a file named proxy.js. This will be our entry point.

Paste the following code:

const Unblocker = require('node-unblocker');
// Initialize the unblocker with custom configurations
const unblocker = new Unblocker(
prefix: '/proxy/', // The path where the proxy listens
requestMiddleware: [
// Optional: Modify requests before they are sent
(req, res, data) => 
// Add custom user-agent to avoid being blocked
data.headers['User-Agent'] = 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MyProxy/1.0)';
return data;
]
); Or connect your GitHub repo to Vercel –
// This is the Vercel serverless handler
module.exports = (req, res) => 
// Attach the original Node request/response to the unblocker
unblocker(req, res, () => 
// If the unblocker doesn't handle it, return 404
res.statusCode = 404;
res.end('Not found');
);
;

Vercel is a deployment platform optimized for front-end frameworks (Next.js, React, etc.). Developers love it because:

This makes Vercel an attractive host for a lightweight proxy. You don’t need to manage a server; Vercel handles the infrastructure.