This example shows how to build a server rendered web application with NextJS and AWS Amplify. We use AWS Amplify to generate code and to manage and consume the AWS cloud resources needed for our app. The NextJS app has dynamic and static routes to demonstrate how to load data on the server based on the incoming request.
Two routes are implemented :
/
: A static route that uses getInitialProps to load data from AppSync and renders it on the server (Code in pages/index.js)/todo/[id]
: A dynamic route that uses getInitialProps and the id from the provided context to load a single todo from AppSync and render it on the server. (Code in pages/todo/:[id].js)
Execute create-next-app
with npm or Yarn to bootstrap the example:
npm init next-app --example with-aws-amplify nextjs-aws-amplify-app
# or
yarn create next-app --example with-aws-amplify nextjs-aws-amplify-app
Download the example:
curl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/canary | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-canary/examples/with-aws-amplify
cd with-aws-amplify
If you've never used amplify before
- Sign up for an AWS account
- Install the AWS Amplify cli:
npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli
- Configure the Amplify cli
amplify configure
$ amplify init
# <Interactive>
? Enter a name for the project <PROJECT_NAME>
? Enter a name for the environment: dev (or whatever you would like to call this env)
? Choose your default editor: <YOUR_EDITOR_OF_CHOICE>
? Choose the type of app that you're building (Use arrow keys)
android
ios
❯ javascript
? What javascript framework are you using react
? Source Directory Path: src
? Distribution Directory Path: out
? Build Command: (npm run-script build)
? Start Command: (npm run-script start)
? Do you want to use an AWS profile? Y
# </Interactive>
$ amplify add api
# <Interactive>
? Please select from one of the below mentioned services (Use arrow keys)
❯ GraphQL
REST
? Provide API name: <API_NAME>
? Choose an authorization type for the API (Use arrow keys)
❯ API key
Amazon Cognito User Pool
? Do you have an annotated GraphQL schema? (y/N) y
? Provide your schema file path: ./schema.graphql
# </Interactive>
$ amplify push
# <Interactive>
? Are you sure you want to continue? Y
? Do you want to generate code for your newly created GraphQL API? Y
? Choose the code generation language target (Use arrow keys)
❯ javascript
typescript
flow
? Enter the file name pattern of graphql queries, mutations and subscriptions (src/graphql/**/*.js)
? Do you want to generate/update all possible GraphQL operations - queries, mutations and subscriptions (Y/n) Y
? Enter maximum statement depth [increase from default if your schema is deeply nested] (2)
# </Interactive>
npm install
npm run dev
# or
yarn
yarn dev
- Open
amplify/backend/api/projectname/schema.graphql
and change what you need to. - Run
amplify push
- 👍
Make sure to commit your changes before doing this.
mv amplify/backend/api/nextjswithawsamplify/schema.graphql ./schema.graphql
rm -rf amplify/ src/
amplify init
amplify add api
rm ./schema.graphql
amplify push