API routes with REST

Next.js ships with API routes, which provide an easy solution to build your own API. This example shows how it can be used to create your REST API.

Deploy your own

Deploy the example using Vercel or preview live with StackBlitz

How to use

Execute create-next-app with npm, Yarn, or pnpm to bootstrap the example:

npx create-next-app --example api-routes-rest api-routes-rest-app

yarn create next-app --example api-routes-rest api-routes-rest-app

pnpm create next-app --example api-routes-rest api-routes-rest-app

Deploy to Vercel

Deploy it to the cloud with Vercel (Documentation).