Is it possible to use NextJS (Server Side) with N-API and node-addons (C++ code)?

[shreks7]

Hi,

I am trying to use C++ library with NextJS. Is it possible to use NAPI Node-Addon during server-side rendering?

Any pointers will be helpful! Thank you.

[sdasun]

@shreks7 you may already solved this. I'm writing this to help if anyone else having the same issue.
short answer use __non_webpack_require__ instead require.

The issue is with the WebPack not with Next.js. In theory, if you add the module to the web pack externals (in the next.config.js file) this one should works. Yet, it didn't work for me.

[chanoo]

yarn add -D copy-webpack-plugin

const CopyPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
...
  webpack: (config) => {
    config.plugins.push(
      new CopyPlugin({
        patterns: [
          {
            from: './addon/helloworld/build/Release/hello.node',
            to: './addon/dist/hello.node',
          },
        ],
      })
    );
    return config;
  },
...

yarn add -D @types/webpack-env

  const node = __non_webpack_require__('../../addon/dist/hello.node');
  console.log(node.hello()); // 'world'

[FangliangBai]

This solution works for me. Thank you!

[Arichy]

In this way typings of hello.node are lost. Any way to solve it?