An Introduction of the Integration Library with NestJS and NEXT.js

import {
  Controller,
  Get,
  Req,
  Res,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { NextService } from '@nestpress/next';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  constructor(
    private readonly next: NextService,
  ) {}

  @Get()
  public async showIndexPage(@Req() req, @Res() res) {
    ///////////////////////////////////////////
    //                                       //
    //  this will render `pages/index.tsx`!  //
    //                                       //
    ///////////////////////////////////////////
    await this.next.render('/index', req, res);
  }
}

$ npm install --save @nestpress/next

{
  "name": "sample-app",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "ts-node --project tsconfig.server.json server/main.ts",
    "build": "next build && tsc --project tsconfig.server.json",
    "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node .next/production-server/main.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@nestjs/common": "latest",
    "@nestjs/core": "latest",
    "@nestpress/next": "latest",
    "next": "latest",
    "react": "latest",
    "react-dom": "latest",
    "reflect-metadata": "latest",
    "rxjs": "latest"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "latest",
    "@types/react": "latest",
    "@types/react-dom": "latest",
    "cross-env": "latest",
    "ts-node": "latest",
    "typescript": "latest"
  }
}

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "esnext",
    "module": "esnext",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "jsx": "preserve",
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "dom.iterable",
      "esnext"
    ],
    "strict": true,
    "noEmit": true,
    "allowJs": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "isolatedModules": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "incremental": true
  },
  "include": [
    "next-env.d.ts",
    "**/*.ts",
    "**/*.tsx"
  ],
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules"
  ]
}

{
  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "noEmit": false,
    "outDir": ".next/production-server"
  },
  "include": [
    "server"
  ]
}

import {
  Module,
  NestModule,
  MiddlewareConsumer,
  RequestMethod,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import {
  NextModule,
  NextMiddleware,
} from '@nestpress/next';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';

@Module({
  imports: [
    // register NextModule
    NextModule,
  ],
  controllers: [
    AppController,
  ],
})
export class AppModule implements NestModule {
  configure(consumer: MiddlewareConsumer) {
    // handle scripts
    consumer
      .apply(NextMiddleware)
      .forRoutes({
        path: '_next*',
        method: RequestMethod.GET,
      });

    // handle other assets
    consumer
      .apply(NextMiddleware)
      .forRoutes({
        path: 'images/*',
        method: RequestMethod.GET,
      });

    consumer
      .apply(NextMiddleware)
      .forRoutes({
        path: 'favicon.ico',
        method: RequestMethod.GET,
      });
  }
}

import {
  IncomingMessage,
  ServerResponse,
} from 'http';
import {
  Controller,
  Get,
  Req,
  Res,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { NextService } from '@nestpress/next';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  constructor(
    private readonly next: NextService,
  ) {}

  @Get()
  public async showHome(@Req() req: IncomingMessage, @Res() res: ServerResponse) {
    // this will render `pages/index.tsx`!
    await this.next.render('/index', req, res);
  }
}

import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
import { NextModule } from '@nestpress/next';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);

  app.get(NextModule).prepare().then(() => {
    app.listen(3000, 'localhost', () => {
      console.log('> Ready on http://localhost:3000 with Next.js!');
    });
  });
}

bootstrap();

export default () => (
  <p>Next.js on top of NestJS!</p>
);

$ yarn dev (or `npm run dev`)

$ yarn build (or `npm run build`)
$ yarn start (or `npm start`)

import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
import { NextModule } from '@nestpress/next';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);

  app.get(NextModule).prepare({
    /**
     * Whether to launch Next.js in dev mode
     */
    dev: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production',
    /**
     * Where the Next project is located
     */
    dir: process.cwd(),
    /**
     * Hide error messages containing server information
     */
    quiet: false,
    /**
     * Object what you would use in next.config.js
     */
    conf: {},
  }).then(() => {
    app.listen(3000, 'localhost', () => {
      console.log('> Ready on http://localhost:3000 with Next.js!');
    });
  });
}

bootstrap();

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  constructor(
    private readonly next: NextService,
    private readonly articleService: ArticleService,
  ) {}

  @Get()
  public async showHome(@Req() req: IncomingMessage, @Res() res: ServerResponse) {
    const articles = await this.articleService.findAll();
    const data = { articles };
    await this.next.render('/index', data, req, res);
  }
}

import fetch from 'isomorphic-unfetch';

const HomePage = (props) => {
  const { articles } = props;

  return (
    <ul>
      {articles.map((article, index) => (
        <li key={index}>{article.title}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
};

// we must define `getInitialProps` so that the NEXT.js can generate static markups
HomePage.getInitialProps = async ({ req, query }) => {
  const isServer: boolean = !!req;

  let articles;
  if (isServer) {
    // in the NEXT.js server side, we can pass the server data
    // this `query.articles` is passed from AppController
    articles = query.articles;
  } else {
    // in the NEXT.js client side, we need to fetch the same data above
    const response = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/api/articles');
    articles = await response.json();
  }

  return {
    articles,
  };
};

export default HomePage;