Simple Next.js Blog

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React + Next.js + Cosmic

This blog uses Next.js to create a React blog. It uses Next.js 13 and the new app organization structure which takes advantage of React Server Components. It connects to the Cosmic API via the Cosmic JavaScript SDK.

Getting Started

1. Log in to Cosmic and install the Simple Next.js Blog template.
2. Run the following commands to install the code locally.

git clone https://github.com/cosmicjs/simple-nextjs-blog
cd simple-nextjs-blog

Environment Variables

1. Create an .env.local file to gain API access to your Cosmic Bucket. To do this, run:

cp .env.example .env.local

2. Find your API access keys at Bucket Settings > API Access after logging into your Cosmic dashboard and add them to the .env.local file. It should look something like this:

NEXT_PUBLIC_COSMIC_BUCKET_SLUG=your-bucket-slug
NEXT_PUBLIC_COSMIC_READ_KEY=your-bucket-read-key

Run in development

Install all dependencies and run in development mode.

yarn
yarn dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Deploy to Vercel

Use the following button to deploy to Vercel. You will need to add API accesss keys as environment variables. Find these in Bucket Settings > API Access.