Next-safe-routes NPM

Next Safe Routes

Type Safe Navigation for Next.js

Why Next Safe Routes?

In the world of web development, navigation is the backbone of user experience. But as your Next.js application grows, so does the complexity of managing routes. Have you ever:

Mistyped a URL, turning /posts into /post?
Forgotten to set crucial search parameters?
Wished for autocomplete when working with dynamic routes?

If you've faced these challenges, you're not alone. While Next.js provides powerful navigation utilities like Link, useRouter, useSearchParams, and useParams, they lack one crucial feature: type safety.

That's where Next Safe Routes steps in.

What is Next Safe Routes?

Next Safe Routes is a lightweight, type-safe wrapper around Next.js navigation utilities. It's designed to enhance your development experience by providing:

Automatic Route Type Generation: Our tool analyzes your app directory to create a comprehensive Routes type, capturing all your application's routes, including their parameters and search params.
Type-Safe Navigation Utilities: We provide a set of navigation utilities that leverage the Routes type, offering you type safety and autocompletion when navigating between pages.

Key Features

Full App Router Support: Works seamlessly with Next.js 13+ App Router, including support for parallel routes, grouped routes, and dynamic parameters.
Type-Safe Navigation: Eliminate typos and ensure all required parameters are provided at compile-time.
Autocomplete for Routes: Enjoy IDE suggestions for your application's routes and their parameters.
Lightweight: Minimal runtime overhead.
Easy Integration: Simple setup process that integrates smoothly into your existing Next.js project.

How It Works

Next Safe Routes operates in two main steps:

Route Analysis: Our script scans your app directory, parsing file structures to generate a comprehensive Routes type. This type encapsulates all your application's routes, along with their respective parameters and search params. See Generate Routes for more information.
Navigation Utilities: We provide type-safe wrappers around Next.js navigation functions. These utilities use the generated Routes type to offer type checking and autocompletion as you navigate your app. See Navigation for more information

Quick Start

Installation
```
npm install next-safe-routes
```

withNextSaferoutes

// next.config.mjs

import { withNextSafeRoutes } from 'next-safe-routes/plugin';

/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
const nextConfig = withNextSafeRoutes({
  // The rest of your next.config
});

export default nextConfig;

Build your project to generate your Routes type
This will generate a new file at src/types/routes.ts
```
npm run build
# or
npm run dev
```

Create your navigation utilities

We recommend creating a navigation.ts file at the root of your src directory

// navigation.ts

import { createNextSafeNavigation } from 'next-safe-routes';
// Import your generated Routes type
import { Routes } from './types/routes';

export const { getRoute, Link, useRouter, redirect } =
  createNextSafeNavigation<Routes>();