Hello folks! welcome back to a new section of our tutorial on Next.js. In this tutorial, we discuss about Next.js Shallow Routing.
In Next.js, shallow routing mean navigation to same page but no calls to getStaticProps, getServerSideProps, and getInitialProps.
To perform shallow routing, we make use of Router with shallow flag set to true.
To perform shallow routing, we make use of Router with shallow flag set to true.
Example
Following below is a simple example
Update index.js file in pages directory using the following content -
Update index.js file in pages directory using the following content -
import Router from 'next/router' import Head from 'next/head' function HomePage(props) { return ( <> <Head> <title>Welcome to Next.js!</title> </Head> <div>Welcome to Next.js!</div> <span onClick={() => Router.push('/?counter=1', undefined, { shallow: true })}>Reload</span> <br/> <div>Next stars: {props.stars}</div> <img src="/logo.png" alt="WebDesignTutorialz Logo" /> </> ) } export async function getServerSideProps(context) { const res = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/vercel/next.js') const json = await res.json() return { props: { stars: json.stargazers_count } } } export default HomePage
Start Next.js Server
Run the following command below to start the server -
npm run dev > nextjs@1.0.0 dev \Node\nextjs > next ready - started server on http://localhost:3000 event - compiled successfully event - build page: / wait - compiling... event - compiled successfully event - build page: /next/dist/pages/_error wait - compiling... event - compiled successfully
Output
Open localhost:3000 in any browser of your choice and then click on the Reload link and you will see the following result -
Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial. In our next tutorial, we are going to be studying about Next.js Api Routes.
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