Next.js: Adding a Nodemailer contact form
I am building a blog with Next.js. I need my contact page to include a contact form so visitors can send emails via Nodemailer.
I am fairly new to Express so I feel in a little over my head. Should I be customizing the Next.js server?
Or should I make a separate server? If so, is that completely separate from my Next.js app?
I currently have pages/contact rendering a form. I am not worried about actually sending the email and all that Nodemailer stuff. I just don't understand where I should be hooking up my configurations.
What would be the recommended way to do implement such a contact form?
Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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jeanmaried
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Or should I make a separate server? If so, is that completely separate from my Next.js app?
This is what we recommend at ZEIT, our frontend (zeit.co) is decoupled from the backend (api.zeit.co).
timneutkens
on 13 Feb 2018
@jeanmaried I wrote a little piece about doing this: https://medium.com/the-couch/adding-a-contact-form-to-your-next-js-app-7a1b5f63f27
I needed some custom routing so I did the express setup which I talk about, but also if the only thing you need the express service for is the form theres no reason to spin up a microservice for just handling a simple form.
iamkevingreen
on 5 Mar 2018
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@jeanmaried I wrote a little piece about doing this: https://medium.com/the-couch/adding-a-contact-form-to-your-next-js-app-7a1b5f63f27
I needed some custom routing so I did the express setup which I talk about, but also if the only thing you need the express service for is the form theres no reason to spin up a microservice for just handling a simple form.