Add apiDir config option

[cj]

It would be great to be able to specify the API dir location, please refer to https://spectrum.chat/next-js/general/next-9-is-there-a-config-option-to-change-where-the-api-dir-is-located~81da11ce-cd38-4fb5-bcda-9e95ee07db14

[ijjk]

duplicate of #8123

[cj]

@ijjk This is not a duplicate, this is not about changing the API route, it's about changing the API dir location. Please refer to https://spectrum.chat/next-js/general/next-9-is-there-a-config-option-to-change-where-the-api-dir-is-located~81da11ce-cd38-4fb5-bcda-9e95ee07db14

@ijjk
It's more for organisation and separation of concerns. We consider pages just that, pages, each one relates to a page you can visit, where as the API is the API an endpoint we consume. Because we are also connecting to a graphql backend to consume our data (which allows you to request everything in a single request) and since the release of serverless pre-rendering we are creating an endpoint for each of our pages to consume, i.e. api/pages/index etc... so right now that looks like /pages/api/pages/index, which gets confusing.

[cj]

i.e. so instead of the dir location being /pages/api you could make it just /api, the route would not change.

[cj]

I hope this makes sense 😄

Ideally it would be great to have both options, apiDir and apiRoutePath to allow for maximum flexibility.

[ijjk]

I see, can you open a new feature request issue following the issue template

[cj]

@ijjk done, sorry about the confusion! #8165

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