feat: Temporarily disable, because I am poor.

api/_common/middleware.js

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const TIMEOUT = process.env.API_TIMEOUT_LIMIT ? parseInt(process.env.API_TIMEOUT
 // If present, set CORS allowed origins for responses
 const ALLOWED_ORIGINS = process.env.API_CORS_ORIGIN || '*';
 
+// Disable everything :( Setting this env var will turn off the instance, and show message
+const DISABLE_EVERYTHING = !!process.env.VITE_DISABLE_EVERYTHING;
+
 // Set the platform currently being used
 let PLATFORM = 'NETLIFY';
 if (process.env.PLATFORM) { PLATFORM = process.env.PLATFORM.toUpperCase(); }
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@ const headers = {
   'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=UTF-8',
 };
 
-
 const timeoutErrorMsg = 'You can re-trigger this request, by clicking "Retry"\n'
 + 'If you\'re running your own instance of Web Check, then you can '
 + 'resolve this issue, by increasing the timeout limit in the '
@@ -31,6 +33,14 @@ const timeoutErrorMsg = 'You can re-trigger this request, by clicking "Retry"\n'
 + 'in order to keep running costs affordable, so that Web Check can '
 + 'remain freely available for everyone.';
 
+const disabledErrorMsg = 'Error - WebCheck Temporarily Disabled.\n\n'
++ 'We\'re sorry, but due to the increased cost of running Web Check '
++ 'we\'ve had to temporatily disable the public instand. '
++ 'We\'re activley looking for affordable ways to keep Web Check running, '
++ 'while free to use for everybody.\n'
++ 'In the meantime, since we\'ve made our code free and open source, '
++ 'you can get Web Check running on your own system, by following the instructions in our GitHub repo';
+
 // A middleware function used by all API routes on all platforms
 const commonMiddleware = (handler) => {
 
@@ -45,6 +55,11 @@ const commonMiddleware = (handler) => {
 
   // Vercel
   const vercelHandler = async (request, response) => {
+
+    if (DISABLE_EVERYTHING) {
+      response.status(503).json({ error: disabledErrorMsg });
+    }
+
     const queryParams = request.query || {};
     const rawUrl = queryParams.url;
 
@@ -83,6 +98,15 @@ const commonMiddleware = (handler) => {
     const queryParams = event.queryStringParameters || event.query || {};
     const rawUrl = queryParams.url;
 
+    if (DISABLE_EVERYTHING) {
+      callback(null, {
+        statusCode: 503,
+        body: JSON.stringify({ error: 'Web-Check is temporarily disabled. Please try again later.' }),
+        headers,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (!rawUrl) {
       callback(null, {
         statusCode: 500,