Load postcode database directly from GitHub raw URL

robertpitt · robertpitt · commit d0082b53bee6 · 2025-09-06T21:58:02.000+01:00
- Fetch postcodes.pcod from GitHub instead of bundling it
- Remove duplicate file from playground/public/
- Update preload link to use GitHub URL
- Reduces deployment size and ensures single source of truth
diff --git a/playground/index.html b/playground/index.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/all.min.css"
             rel="stylesheet">
         <!-- Preload the database -->
-        <link rel="preload" href="/postcodes.pcod" as="fetch"
+        <link rel="preload" href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robertpitt/postcode-db/main/postcodes.pcod" as="fetch"
             type="application/octet-stream" crossorigin>
     </head>
     <body class="bg-gray-50 min-h-screen">
diff --git a/playground/public/postcodes.pcod b/playground/public/postcodes.pcod
diff --git a/playground/src/main.ts b/playground/src/main.ts
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class PostcodeSearchApp {
     try {
       this.showLoading('Loading postcode database...')
       
-      // Fetch the database file
-      const response = await fetch('/postcodes.pcod')
+      // Fetch the database file from GitHub
+      const response = await fetch('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robertpitt/postcode-db/main/postcodes.pcod')
       if (!response.ok) {
         throw new Error(`Failed to load database: ${response.statusText}`)
       }
