How to change where Next looks for pages?

[bookercodes]

So, I am wanting to build a Next app with T$.

To do that, I install typescript and compile my Next app into a bin directory:

+ bin/
  + server.js
  + pages/
    + index.js
+ server.js
+ pages/
+ index.tsx
+ package.json

In package.json, I have a script: node bin/server.js. When I run said script, Next will look in ./pages instead of ./bin/pages (i.e. from the cwd not __dirname). To work around this, I have to cd into bin before running node ./server.js (a one-line would be (cd ./bin && node ./server), if you're reading this and you need a work-around)

It it possible to configure where Next looks for pages?

[sergiodxa]

When you create your custom server you can pass a argument dir to next.

const next = require('next')
const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
const app = next({ dir: './bin', dev })

Next.js it's going to use ./bin to look for pages directory. If you don't have a custom server then you can run next ./bin.

[bookercodes]

Ah, that is exactly what I was looking for but couldn't find in the docs 😢

Nice one mate, thank you!

[jonathanrz]

I followed the idea of specifying the dir property for the next app and it worked, thanks.

But when I run yarn next build, it crashes with the message:

> Couldn't find a `pages` directory. Please create one under the project root error Command failed with exit code 1.

How can I specify the pages directory when running the build task?

--EDIT--
Found the solution here: #819
The solution is to pass the path as a parameter for the build task, in the example provided the solution would be yarn next build bin

[timneutkens]

Posted #8451