how to handle a post request in next.js?

ubuntu_ulysses

I want to setup a POST route in my api folder using next.js, And I'm sending the data to the route but I can't parse the data to actually save it in the database. what is the best way to handle POST routes in next.js. particularly parsing the data in JSON format?

Originally asked by Dastan on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

To get POST requests working in Next.js API routes, you likely want to do 3 things. Limit the method to POST Use JSON.parse() to parse the JSON on in the route (not needed in NextJS v12+) Send a request to the backend https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/api-middlewares API Route API routes in Next.js by default support all types of requests, including GET, POST, DELETE, etc. So while it isn't required, it's a good idea to restrict the route to the methods you want to support. In your case, if you want to only support POST requests on a certain route, you use req.method to filter out non-post requests. if (req.method !== 'POST') { res.status(405).send({ message: 'Only POST requests allowed'...

Full answer by Nick: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/66740097 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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