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Creating API Routes in a Nuxt App
As a Next.js user, one of the things I've been used to working with were built-in API routes. When I tried out Nuxt, I was curious how I would achieve the same functionality.
In this post, I'll walk through how to easily create API routes in a Nuxt app using Express.
Implementation
To get started, start with an existing Nuxt app or create a new one using npx:
npx create-nuxt-app nuxt-with-apicd nuxt-with-api
Next, install express:
npm install express
Next, update nuxt.config.js
to add the following serverMiddleware
configuration to specify the directory of the API routes:
serverMiddleware: { '/api': '~/api'}
Next, create a folder called api., and within the api folder create a file called index.js and a file called hello.js:
Next, open api/index.js and add the following code to configure the entry point to the express server:
const express = require('express')const app = express()const hello = require('./hello')app.use(hello)if (require.main === module) { const port = 3001 app.listen(port, () => { console.log(`API server listening on port ${port}`) })}module.exports = app
Next, open api/hello.js and add the following code to create a /hello
route:
const { Router } = require('express')const router = Router()router.use('/hello', (req, res) => { res.end('Hello world!')})module.exports = router
Next, test it out by running npm run dev
.
Now, navigate to http://localhost:3000/api/hello
and you should see your API response!
Conclusion
Creating API routes in a Nuxt app is more work than with Next.js, but servermiddleware allows you to implement your own API route setup fairly easily.
Cover image by Diego PH
Original Link: https://dev.to/dabit3/creating-api-routes-in-a-nuxt-app-1kg1
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