nextjs-server-modules
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A NextJS Server Module is a NextJS project that has been packaged to be easily used as an npm module. You might use a server module to...
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NextJS Server Modules
A NextJS Server Module is a NextJS project that has been packaged to be easily used as an npm module. You might use a server module to...
- Package a "fake" or "mock" server for easy use in test suites
- Allow another server to easily "call into" your NextJS server
- Improve the organization of a large project by organizing NextJS servers into server sub-components
The nextjs-server-module
cli will help you create a custom nextjs runtime
to run your projects with, so they can be run without nextjs at runtime.
Usage
First, install with npm install nextjs-server-modules
You can now add a build script or just run nsm build
The build process will output a .nsm/index.ts
file which can be used to
create your server or invoke requests against it
import myNextJSModule from "./.nsm"
const server = await myNextJSModule({ port: 3030 })
// your server is running on localhost:3030!
server.close()
Middlewares
You can provide middlewares to your server like so:
import myNextJSModule from "./.nsm"
const myMiddleware = (next) => (req, res) => {
req.token = req.headers.get("authorization").split("Bearer ")?.[1]
return next(req, res)
}
const server = await myNextJSModule({
port: 3030,
middlewares: [myMiddleware],
})
// your server is running on localhost:3030!
server.close()
Common Scripts
Many times you'll want to add nsm
when you start testing API endpoints on a
NextJS project, it makes a lot of sense to use nextless
and skip-build
which
runs a very fast build.
{
"scripts": {
"build:test": "nsm build --nextless --skip-build --only-api-files"
}
}
Internal: How it Works
Not all NextJS features are currently supported. Particularly:
- SSR
- getStaticProps
We build the api endpoints and export static pages with next build
. We then
analyze .next/server/pages/api
to get all the api routes to server.
We then construct a main export file that knows how to parse next.config.js
and route to the correct files, which we've statically analyzed and are included
in the generated dist/index.js
file.
Caveats
Vercel's Edge Runtime is supported only when running in a Node.js environment. In other words, a bundled nsm project cannot be run in the Edge Runtime.
nsm's implementation of the Edge Runtime does not support:
@vercel/og
import {userAgent} from "next/server"
FAQ
Why can't Next.js bundle into an npm module?
You can bundle nextjs into npm modules, but some static analysis isn't available since nextjs uses the directory structure to determine what to load in at runtime.
You'll also have problems running a next
server within a Vercel endpoint,
because some vercel optimizations get rid of some webpack/next modules as an
optimization.
Why is my module bigger?
NSM base64 encodes static files so that they're bundleable, it's very inefficient.