Welcome to EdgeWorkers

You can use the EdgeWorkers service to deploy JavaScript functions at the edge and create customized experiences for your website visitors.

Watch this three minute introductory video to learn about edge computing and how you can build on top of Akamai to create edge-native applications.

Use cases and examples

• EdgeWorkers use cases
• Hello World
• Akamai Edge Compute demo site

Set up EdgeWorkers

• Add EdgeWorkers to your contract
• Create an EdgeWorker ID
• Add the EdgeWorkers behavior

Code and deploy

• Write your JavaScript code
• JavaScript API reference
• Event handler functions
• Create a code bundle
• EdgeKV documentation

Developer tools

• API
• CLI
• Unit testing framework
• Built-in IDE extensions
• EdgeWorkers Terraform Module

Tips and best practices

• FAQ
• Best practices
• Developer blogs
• EdgeWorkers training

What's new

• Release notes

Support and feedback

• EdgeWorkers Serverless Slack channel