# Building APIs with Next.js

DevFeed: [Building APIs with Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-apis-with-next-js-3140.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nextjs.org/blog/building-apis-with-nextjs>)

Author: Lee Robinson

Published: 2025-02-28T14:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Next.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/next-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Web platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-platform.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>)

Tags: [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [router](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/router.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>), [web-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-platform.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to building APIs with Next.js. It covers project setup, the App Router and Route Handlers, HTTP methods, dynamic routing, middleware, authentication, webhooks, integrations, and when to use a separate API layer.

## Source excerpt

Learn about how to build APIs with Next.js.