Fullstack Example with Next.js (REST API)

This example shows how to implement a fullstack app in TypeScript with Next.js, MongoDB Atlas, and Prisma Client. It uses a MongoDB Atlas database with some initial dummy data.

Original source code: prisma/prisma-examples

Getting started

1. Download example and install dependencies

Clone this repository:

git clone git@github.com:mongodb-developer/prisma-nextjs-example.git

Install npm dependencies:

npm install

2. Create and seed the database

If you don’t already have a free MongoDB Atlas account, it's easy to sign up.

Rename the .env.example file to .env and add your MongoDB Atlas connection string.

Run the following command to create and seed your MongoDB Atlas database. This also creates the User and Post collections that are defined in prisma/schema.prisma:

npx prisma db seed

3. Start the app

npm run dev

The app is now running, navigate to http://localhost:3000/ in your browser to explore its UI.

Expand for a tour through the UI of the app

Blog (located in ./pages/index.tsx)

Signup (located in ./pages/signup.tsx)

Create post (draft) (located in ./pages/create.tsx)

Drafts (located in ./pages/drafts.tsx)

View post (located in ./pages/p/[id].tsx) (delete or publish here)

Using the REST API

You can also access the REST API of the API server directly. It is running on the same host machine and port and can be accessed via the /api route (in this case that is localhost:3000/api/, so you can e.g. reach the API with localhost:3000/api/feed).

GET

• /api/post/:id: Fetch a single post by its id
• /api/feed: Fetch all published posts
• /api/filterPosts?searchString={searchString}: Filter posts by title or content

POST

• /api/post: Create a new post
  • Body:
    • title: String (required): The title of the post
    • content: String (optional): The content of the post
    • authorEmail: String (required): The email of the user that creates the post
• /api/user: Create a new user
  • Body:
    • email: String (required): The email address of the user
    • name: String (optional): The name of the user

PUT

• /api/publish/:id: Publish a post by its id

DELETE

• /api/post/:id: Delete a post by its id

Next steps

• Check out the Prisma docs
• Share your feedback in the MongoDB Community