How to deploy API to Vercel

What's the easiest way to deploy a basic API endpoint to Vercel? I made an Express app structured like:

api
 |--- index.js
package.json
pnpm-lock.yaml
vercel.json

api
 |--- index.js
package.json
pnpm-lock.yaml
vercel.json

api/index.js:

import express from 'express'
import cors from 'cors'

const app = express()

// Disable CORS rules
app.use(cors())

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.send('It works!')
})

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000
app.listen(PORT, () => {
    console.log(`API listening on PORT ${PORT} `)
})

export default app

import express from 'express'
import cors from 'cors'

const app = express()

// Disable CORS rules
app.use(cors())

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.send('It works!')
})

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000
app.listen(PORT, () => {
    console.log(`API listening on PORT ${PORT} `)
})

export default app

vercel.json:

{
  "version": 2,
  "builds": [
    {
      "src": "index.js",
      "use": "@now/node"
    }
  ],
  "routes": [
    {
      "src": "/(.*)",
      "dest": "index.js"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "version": 2,
  "builds": [
    {
      "src": "index.js",
      "use": "@now/node"
    }
  ],
  "routes": [
    {
      "src": "/(.*)",
      "dest": "index.js"
    }
  ]
}

The API just uploads files to S3 or GCS, so I'm open to using any other language or framework. It will mainly be used in my T3 app, but I found Next.js really confusing with handling files (tried to use HTML form, formidable, multer, ...) Docs I followed: * https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/serverless-functions/runtimes/node-js * https://vercel.com/guides/using-express-with-vercel#standalone-express

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Solution:

solved (solution is specific for my needs) ```ts import { type File, type Files, IncomingForm } from 'formidable' const form = new IncomingForm({ multiples: false })...

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3 Replies

Kasper•2y ago

Have you looket at https://uploadthing.com/ ?

uploadthing

An easier way to upload files.

MochaOP•2y ago

Tried it before and gave up on it. The customization needs to improve.

Solution

Mocha•2y ago

solved (solution is specific for my needs)

import { type File, type Files, IncomingForm } from 'formidable'

const form = new IncomingForm({ multiples: false })

async function parseForm(req: NextApiRequest) {
    const { file } = await new Promise<Files>((resolve, reject) =>
        form.parse(req, (err, _, files) => (err ? reject('Error parsing form') : resolve(files)))
    )

    return Array.isArray(file) ? file[0] : (file as File | undefined)
}

export default async function handler(
    req: NextApiRequest,
    res: NextApiResponse<{ url?: string; err?: string }>
) {
    const file = await parseForm(req).catch(() => undefined)

    if (!file) {
        res.status(400).json({ err: 'No file found' })
        return
    }
    // use the file...
}

import { type File, type Files, IncomingForm } from 'formidable'

const form = new IncomingForm({ multiples: false })

async function parseForm(req: NextApiRequest) {
    const { file } = await new Promise<Files>((resolve, reject) =>
        form.parse(req, (err, _, files) => (err ? reject('Error parsing form') : resolve(files)))
    )

    return Array.isArray(file) ? file[0] : (file as File | undefined)
}

export default async function handler(
    req: NextApiRequest,
    res: NextApiResponse<{ url?: string; err?: string }>
) {
    const file = await parseForm(req).catch(() => undefined)

    if (!file) {
        res.status(400).json({ err: 'No file found' })
        return
    }
    // use the file...
}

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