Get redirects from API without build everytime

[liamjgm]

/*
 ** Redirect module configuration
 */
redirect: async () => {
    const redirects = await axios.get(process.env.API_BASE_URL + '/application/redirects')
    return redirects.data
},

When my API response to get redirects changes and there are additional redirects. Is it possible update my redirects on nuxt without having to rebuild my app?

[Alexander Lichter]

Nope, not really. An additional HTTP request before redirecting would hurt the perf of your page. But if you want to work on such a feature, feel free to send in a PR ☺️

[liamjgm]

Maybe add to vuex store?

[Alexander Lichter]

@liamjgm Vuex isn't accessible when the module is called as it happens before Vue is initialized ☺️

[Ricardo Gobbo de Souza]

@liamjgm you can create a custom server middleware
See https://nuxtjs.org/api/configuration-servermiddleware#custom-server-middleware

// example
import axios from 'axios'

export default function (req, res, next) {
  const redirects = await axios.get(process.env.API_BASE_URL + '/application/redirects')

  if (!redirects.data) {
    return next()
  }

  res.statusCode = 302
  res.setHeader('Location', redirects.data)
  res.end()
}

But as @manniL said, this can and will probably undermine the performance of your page

[Ricardo Gobbo de Souza]

I think we can close this, I do not see an update that does not lose performance