How to copy a script into NextJS 'standalone' output?

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I am building my NextJS project as 'standalone' and shipping a container image. I also have a ts script that I need to copy to the output and be able to run without starting the NextJS server. I have managed to copy the script with the following NextConfig: import type {NextConfig} from "next"; const nextConfig: NextConfig = { /* config options here */ reactCompiler: true, cleanDistDir: true, poweredByHeader: false, output: "standalone",...

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

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Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

`outputFileTracingIncludes` only copies files into the standalone tree. It does not compile TypeScript and it does not rewrite path aliases like `@/`. So `node /app/src/scripts/my-process.ts` fails for two separate reasons: Node is not running a TS toolchain, and `@/app` is a Next/webpack alias, not a real npm package. Build the script to plain JS (with aliases resolved), then ship that JS next to the standalone output. "scripts": { "build": "next build && npm run build:worker", "build:worker": "esbuild src/scripts/my-process.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node22 --outfile=.next/standalone/scripts/my-process.js" } `--bundle` inlines your app imports so the worker does not need the...

Full answer by Maksym Semenykhin: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/80006715 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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