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NextJS Background Task Example

An example of how to add a background task (e.g. a queue consumer) to an existing NextJS project.

Setup

• Add your background task file
• Add a new worker-tsconfig.json, specifically specifying "module": "commonjs" and targeting only the worker source files.
• Add convenience functions for building & running to package.json

Then to build once:

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//file: ./pages/api/checkHTTPMethod.ts

/* this code will allow only GET method requests on this route */

import { Middleware, use } from 'next-api-route-middleware';
import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';


export const allowMethods = (allowedMethods: string[]): Middleware => {
    return async function (req, res, next) {