Remove language from URL in Next JS dynamic routes - next.js

Question

I have a website in NextJS with next-i18next, and every page must be translated except for the legal pages.
These legal pages are in markdown, and I have dynamic routing enabled thanks to a [legal].js page and the getStaticPaths and getStaticProps in it.
The problem is that by building my website, my legal pages are prefixed with the language (here en). I would like to remove it as I don't want these pages to be translated.
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks a lot 🙏
Folder structure:
pages
|- index.js
|- [legal].js
|- privacy-policy.mdx
next-i18next.config.js
module.exports = {
i18n: {
defaultLocale: 'en',
locales: ['en'],
fallbackLng: 'en',
defaultNS: ['homepage', 'header', 'footer'],
localeDetection: false,
},
}
[legal].js
import matter from 'gray-matter'
import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown'
import { serverSideTranslations } from 'next-i18next/serverSideTranslations'
import glob from 'glob'
const LegalPage = ({ markdownBody }) => (
<ReactMarkdown>{markdownBody}</ReactMarkdown>
)
export async function getStaticProps({ locale, params }) {
const { legal } = params
const content = await import(`./${legal}.mdx`)
const data = matter(content.default)
return {
props: {
...(await serverSideTranslations(locale, ['header', 'footer'])),
markdownBody: data.content,
},
}
}
export async function getStaticPaths() {
const blogs = glob.sync('src/pages/**/*.mdx')
const blogSlugs = blogs.map(file => {
const parts = file.split('/')
return parts[parts.length - 1].replace('.mdx', '')
})
const paths = blogSlugs.map(slug => ({
params: { legal: slug },
}))
return {
paths,
fallback: false,
}
}
export default LegalPage
build output:

Answer 1

All static HTML files should be created in separate folders for each locale.
Your default locale can be omitted in the URL, and the following URLs are equivalent:
example.com/my-first-blog
example.com/en/my-first-blog
🎈 As a solution, you can setup app i18n base on domain:
module.exports = {
i18n: {
locales: ['en'],
defaultLocale: 'en',
domains: [
{
domain: 'example.com',
defaultLocale: 'en',
},
]
}
}