next.js API routes share database - next.js

Question

I want to use next.js routes api as a backend service and serve database result in json format. I see, there is no way to keep database up and running since all files located at pages/api/ it's ephemeral
Below it's my code
import { models } from "../models/index"
export default async function handler(req, res) {
const User = models.User
try {
const result = await User.findAll()
return res.json({ result })
} catch (err) {
console.error("Error occured ", err)
return res.json({ result: [] })
}
}
anyone who has encountered this problem?

Answer 1

The only possible way that I found is to use node js server and attach database model to request object. By doing this we pass database conection/models through routes api
my node.js server
const express = require("express")
const { sequelize } = require("./models/index")
const next = require("next")
const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production"
const app = next({ dev })
const handle = app.getRequestHandler()
const appExpress = express()
app.prepare().then(() => {
appExpress.use(express.json())
appExpress.get("*", (req, res) => {
req.db = sequelize
handle(req, res)
})
appExpress.listen(5000, () => console.log("> Ready on http://localhost:5000"))
}).catch((ex) => {
console.error(ex.stack)
process.exit(1)
})
my routes api file changed to
export default async function handler(req, res) {
const User = req.db.models.User
try {
const result = await User.findAll()
return res.json({ result })
} catch (err) {
console.error("Error occured ", err)
return res.json({ result: [] })
}
}
with these changes the database is always up and running and used from all routes api files.
I tested and work like charm