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Next.js on-demand revalidation is here! 🚀

pul on February 22, 2022

Next.js on-demand static regeneration is finally here! 😍 This is a super cool feature that makes possible to refresh statically generate pages. T...
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Dani Hengeveld •

Is there a way to revalidate multiple pages? Or all pages? Or would you just have to call .unstable_revalidate() multiple times with different paths?

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Le Tan Thanh Tai •

You can code api handler, let say pages/system/revalidate which can receive parameter like pageUrl. Then in the next.config.js, you can have a rewrite rule like this

{
          source: '/:refreshPage(.+?)/revalidate/',
          destination: '/api/system/revalidate?pageUrl=:refreshPage',
        }
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So now, on any page, if you call /hello/revalidate, it will revalidate your hello page :). If you want to revalidate multiple pages, you can have another page which do a batch revalidate or just a bunch of curl scripts to do it.

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shane lan •

Great explanation of Next JS revalidation! We implemented this feature on video hug ai (our AI video SaaS) and it's been a game-changer for updating content dynamically. The on-demand revalidation saves us from unnecessary rebuilds while keeping content fresh.

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Behzad Haji Ahmadi •

for me, on Vercel, the revalidate works on all route expect the root '/'. It raises error 500. what should I do?

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Oscar Lodriguez •

For me as well if I call it from the server side. But use it in a useEffect or client side context it won't fail.

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Jihwan Heo • • Edited

Thanks for the detailed explanation of Next.jsrevalidation! We've implemented this feature in our project, and it's been incredibly useful for keeping our content up-to-date without unnecessary rebuilds. Appreciate you sharing this!

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Swarnim Badholiya •

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