Edge Runtime

The Next.js Edge Runtime is based on standard Web APIs, which is used by Middleware and Edge API Routes.

Network APIs

You can use process.env to access Environment Variables for both next dev and next build.

Running console.log on process.env will not show all your Environment Variables. You have to access the variables directly as shown below:

console.log(process.env)
// { NEXT_RUNTIME: 'edge' }
console.log(process.env.TEST_VARIABLE)
// { NEXT_RUNTIME: 'edge', TEST_VARIABLE: 'value' }

The Edge Runtime has some restrictions including:

Native Node.js APIs are not supported. For example, you can't read or write to the filesystem
node_modules can be used, as long as they implement ES Modules and do not use native Node.js APIs
Calling require directly is not allowed. Use ES Modules instead

The following JavaScript language features are disabled, and will not work:

eval: Evaluates JavaScript code represented as a string
new Function(evalString): Creates a new function with the code provided as an argument

Middleware Run code before a request is completed.

Middleware API Reference Learn more about the supported APIs for Middleware.

Edge API Routes Build high performance APIs in Next.js.