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Previously, we explored creating a simple REST API using the Express library and deploying it to Render. Now, we’ll do something similar, but this time using a different library: ElysiaJS.

ElysiaJS and Next.js

ElysiaJS is a JavaScript library that, by default, runs on the Bun runtime. Unlike Node.js, which uses Google Chrome’s V8 engine, Bun uses JavaScriptCore as its main engine. As a library designed for running JavaScript on the server, ElysiaJS offers an interesting alternative to other libraries like Express, Hapi, Fastify, and so on. Even though it runs on Bun, ElysiaJS can also work on Node.js and other JavaScript runtimes since it supports the WinterCG standard, which ensures compatibility with various JavaScript tools.

Meanwhile, Next.js is a full-stack JavaScript framework for building web applications. This means Next.js can be used for backend, frontend, or both. One cool thing about Next.js is that it has its own platform for super easy deployment—Vercel.

Integrating Next.js with ElysiaJS

In this article, we’re going to deploy a simple REST API using ElysiaJS. To simplify the deployment process, we’ll integrate it with Next.js.

1. First step: create a Next.js project. In this example, we’ll set it up using TypeScript and the App Router to handle routes. The setup is pretty simple:

   bash

   npx create-next-app@latest --typescript

   Make sure to choose TypeScript and App Router for this project:

   bash

   What is your project named? my-app
   Would you like to use TypeScript? No / Yes
   Would you like to use ESLint? No / Yes
   Would you like to use Tailwind CSS? No / Yes
   Would you like to use `src/` directory? No / Yes
   Would you like to use App Router? (recommended) No / Yes
   Would you like to customize the default import alias (@/*)? No / Yes
   What import alias would you like configured? @/*

2. Next step: integrate ElysiaJS. First, we install ElysiaJS via npm.

   bash

   npm install elysia

   Then, create a new file at src/app/api/[[...slugs]]/route.ts with the following code:

   src/api/[[...slugs]]/route.ts

   import { Elysia, t } from 'elysia';
   
   const app = new Elysia({ prefix: '/api' });
   
   export const GET = app.handle;
   export const POST = app.handle;

   Pay attention to the prefix property used when creating the new Elysia(). Since we’re building this within a Next.js app, we can’t create API endpoints directly from the base URL. Instead, they need to be placed under a specific sub-URL. In this case, the /api prefix matches the folder structure in src/app/api/[[...slugs]]/.

3. We’ll create a simple endpoint like we did in the previous article—handling a GET request that returns a list of users. Here’s the example:

   diff

   import { Elysia, t } from 'elysia'
   
   const users = [];
   
   -const app = new Elysia({ prefix: '/api' });
   +const app = new Elysia({ prefix: '/api' })
   +    .get('/', () => { users })
   
   export const GET = app.handle;
   export const POST = app.handle;
   

Deploying ElysiaJS to Vercel

Once the app is built and integrated with ElysiaJS, the next step is to deploy it to Vercel. The process is really simple:

1. Make sure your project is connected to GitHub.

2. Create an account on Vercel and link it to your GitHub repository.

3. Deploy the project directly from Vercel by selecting the connected GitHub repo.

   

   

Once deployment is finished, you can share the app link and API endpoint with your team or community for testing.

Conclusion

Integrating ElysiaJS with Next.js allows you to build efficient APIs in a super easy way. This setup also provides a fast and flexible method to develop both backend and frontend applications using just one programming language which is JavaScript.

Sumber

• https://vercel.com/frameworks/nextjs
• https://nextjs.org
• https://elysiajs.com/integrations/nextjs.html