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Freshdesk Proxy

This is the source of truth for the AWS Lambda function that proxies requests between the site and the Freshdesk API. The Lambda handles CORS, reCAPTCHA verification, and authenticated forwarding to Freshdesk.

The site references this proxy via the FRESHDESK_PROXY_URL environment variable (with a fallback to the production Lambda URL), so most site development does not require running this service locally.

Local Development

The local server is only needed when working on the Lambda function itself. It wraps handler.py in a standard HTTP server so changes can be tested without redeploying to AWS.

Setup

pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy .env and fill in your credentials:

FRESHDESK_API_KEY=
FRESHDESK_DOMAIN=
RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=

Run

python server.py

The server starts on http://localhost:8787.

To route the site through the local proxy, set FRESHDESK_PROXY_URL=http://localhost:8787 in apps/site/.env.

Deployment

handler.py is deployed as-is to AWS Lambda. It has no dependencies beyond the Python standard library.