origami.now is a Val Town project that serves a React UI and an API for generated origami SVGs.

• Serves a minimal UI at / with the origami.now heading and the latest generated origami.
• Generates a new origami artifact on an hourly cadence (UTC hour window).
• Stores only the latest artifact in Blob storage.
• Supports manual regeneration with a query parameter (?force=1).

backend/
  auth.ts
  index.http.ts
  origami.ts
  storage.ts
frontend/
  index.html
  app.js
jobs/
  generate-origami.cron.ts
shared/
  types.ts

• GET /

  • Returns the React UI.
  • Bootstraps the latest origami payload into the page.
  • Supports ?force=1 (or ?regen=1) to force regeneration.

• GET /api/origami/latest

  • Returns the latest stored origami artifact.
  • Supports ?force=1 (or ?regen=1) to force regeneration.

• POST /api/origami/generate

  • Protected by x-origami-token.
  • Optional body: { "force": true }.

Create val
{
  id: string;
  createdAt: string; // ISO timestamp
  svg: string;
  seed: number;
  generatedBy: "cron" | "manual" | "bootstrap";
}

• Uses Rabbit Ear to build and fold crease patterns.
• Uses 3–10 generated fold instructions per artifact.
• Limits rendered crease segments to a max of 30.
• Linework is always black.
• Faces use two generated colors (front/back) per artifact.

• Cron entrypoint: jobs/generate-origami.cron.ts
• Intended schedule: every hour at minute 0 (UTC-style cadence).
• Generation stores only the latest artifact at blob key origami_latest_v1.

• ORIGAMI_GENERATE_TOKEN
  • Required for POST /api/origami/generate.

• force regeneration is intentionally unprotected for GET routes in this project.
• UI polling interval is 5 minutes.