feat: introduced json file for redirects

next.config.mjs

@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import * as nextConstants from './next.constants.mjs';
-import * as nextRewrites from './next.rewrites.mjs';
+import { BASE_PATH, ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT } from './next.constants.mjs';
+import { redirects, rewrites } from './next.rewrites.mjs';
 
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const nextConfig = {
-  // This configures all the Next.js rewrites, which are used for rewriting internal URLs into other internal Endpoints
-  // This feature is not supported within static export builds, hence we pass an empty array if static exports are enabled
-  rewrites: !nextConstants.ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT
-    ? nextRewrites.rewrites
-    : undefined,
-  // This configures all Next.js redirects
-  redirects: !nextConstants.ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT
-    ? nextRewrites.redirects
-    : undefined,
   // We intentionally disable Next.js's built-in i18n support
   // as we dom have our own i18n and internationalisation engine
   i18n: null,
@@ -24,13 +15,18 @@ const nextConfig = {
   trailingSlash: false,
   // We allow the BASE_PATH to be overridden in case that the Website
   // is being built on a subdirectory (e.g. /nodejs-website)
-  basePath: nextConstants.BASE_PATH,
+  basePath: BASE_PATH,
   // We disable image optimisation during static export builds
-  images: { unoptimized: nextConstants.ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT },
+  images: { unoptimized: ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT },
   // On static export builds we want the output directory to be "build"
-  distDir: nextConstants.ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT ? 'build' : '.next',
+  distDir: ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT ? 'build' : '.next',
   // On static export builds we want to enable the export feature
-  output: nextConstants.ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT ? 'export' : undefined,
+  output: ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT ? 'export' : undefined,
+  // This configures all the Next.js rewrites, which are used for rewriting internal URLs into other internal Endpoints
+  // This feature is not supported within static export builds, hence we pass an empty array if static exports are enabled
+  rewrites: !ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT ? rewrites : undefined,
+  // This configures all Next.js redirects
+  redirects: !ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT ? redirects : undefined,
   // We don't want to run Type Checking on Production Builds
   // as we already check it on the CI within each Pull Request
   typescript: { ignoreBuildErrors: true },

next.constants.mjs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import * as nextJson from './next.json.mjs';
-import * as nextLocales from './next.locales.mjs';
+import { blogData } from './next.json.mjs';
+import { defaultLocale } from './next.locales.mjs';
 
 /**
  * This is used for telling Next.js if the Website is deployed on Vercel
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const MD_EXTENSION_REGEX = /((\/)?(index))?\.mdx?$/i;
  * This should only be used outside of the Next.js Application itself
  * as within React context the `useLocale` hook should be used instead.
  */
-export const DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE = nextLocales.defaultLocale.code;
+export const DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE = defaultLocale.code;
 
 /**
  * This indicates the path to the Legacy JavaScript File that is used
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@ export const DYNAMIC_ROUTES_REWRITES = [
  * @returns {string[]} A list of all the Dynamic Routes that are generated by the Website
  */
 export const DYNAMIC_GENERATED_ROUTES = () => [
-  ...nextJson.blogData.pagination.map(year => `en/blog/year-${year}`),
+  ...blogData.pagination.map(year => `en/blog/year-${year}`),
 ];

next.dynamic.mjs

@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ import remarkHeadings from '@vcarl/remark-headings';
 import rehypeAutolinkHeadings from 'rehype-autolink-headings';
 import rehypeSlug from 'rehype-slug';
 import { serialize } from 'next-mdx-remote/serialize';
-import * as nextLocales from './next.locales.mjs';
-import * as nextConstants from './next.constants.mjs';
-import * as nextHelpers from './next.helpers.mjs';
+import { availableLocales } from './next.locales.mjs';
+import { getMarkdownFiles } from './next.helpers.mjs';
+import { DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE, MD_EXTENSION_REGEX } from './next.constants.mjs';
 
 // allows us to run a glob to get markdown files based on a language folder
-const getPathsByLanguage = async (
-  locale = nextConstants.DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE,
-  ignored = []
-) => nextHelpers.getMarkdownFiles(process.cwd(), `pages/${locale}`, ignored);
+const getPathsByLanguage = async (locale = DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE, ignored = []) =>
+  getMarkdownFiles(process.cwd(), `pages/${locale}`, ignored);
 
 /**
  * This method is responsible for generating a Collection of all available paths that
@@ -31,9 +29,7 @@ const getPathsByLanguage = async (
 const getAllPaths = async () => {
   // during full static build we don't want to cover blog posts
   // as otherwise they will all get built as static pages during build time
-  const sourcePages = await getPathsByLanguage(
-    nextConstants.DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE
-  );
+  const sourcePages = await getPathsByLanguage(DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE);
 
   /**
    * This method is used to provide the list of pages that are provided by a given locale
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ const getAllPaths = async () => {
     (files = []) =>
       sourcePages.map(filename => {
         // remove the index.md(x) suffix from a pathname
-        let pathname = filename.replace(nextConstants.MD_EXTENSION_REGEX, '');
+        let pathname = filename.replace(MD_EXTENSION_REGEX, '');
         // remove trailing slash for correct Windows pathing of the index files
         if (pathname.length > 1 && pathname.endsWith(sep)) {
           pathname = pathname.substring(0, pathname.length - 1);
@@ -65,11 +61,10 @@ const getAllPaths = async () => {
    *
    * @type {[string, import('./types').RouteSegment[]][]}
    */
-  const allAvailableMarkdownPaths = nextLocales.availableLocales.map(
-    ({ code }) =>
-      getPathsByLanguage(code)
-        .then(mergePathsWithFallback(code))
-        .then(files => [code, files])
+  const allAvailableMarkdownPaths = availableLocales.map(({ code }) =>
+    getPathsByLanguage(code)
+      .then(mergePathsWithFallback(code))
+      .then(files => [code, files])
   );
 
   return Promise.all(allAvailableMarkdownPaths);
@@ -95,7 +90,7 @@ export const allPaths = new Map(await getAllPaths());
  * @throws {Error} if the file does not exist, which should never happen
  */
 export const getMarkdownFile = (
-  locale = nextConstants.DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE,
+  locale = DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE,
   pathname = ''
 ) => {
   const metadata = { source: '', filename: '' };
@@ -111,9 +106,7 @@ export const getMarkdownFile = (
     if (route && route.filename) {
       // this determines if we should be using the fallback rendering to the default locale
       // or if we can use the current locale
-      const localeToUse = !route.localised
-        ? nextConstants.DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE
-        : locale;
+      const localeToUse = !route.localised ? DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE : locale;
 
       // gets the full pathname for the file (absolute path)
       metadata.filename = join(

next.json.mjs

@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import siteConfig from './site.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 // This is the static Site Navigation (legacy website)
 import siteNavigation from './navigation.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 
+// This is the static Site External and Internal Redirects Metadata
+import siteRedirects from './redirects.json' assert { type: 'json' };
+
 // This is the Website i18n Configuration
 import localeConfig from './i18n/config.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 
 // This is the generated blog data for the Node.js Website
 import blogData from './public/blog-posts-data.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 
-export { siteConfig, siteNavigation, localeConfig, blogData };
+export { siteConfig, siteNavigation, siteRedirects, localeConfig, blogData };

next.locales.mjs

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import * as nextJson from './next.json.mjs';
+import { localeConfig } from './next.json.mjs';
 import translations from './i18n/locales/index.mjs';
 
 // As set of available and enabled locales for the website
 // This is used for allowing us to redirect the user to any
 // of the available locales that we have enabled on the website
-const availableLocales = nextJson.localeConfig.filter(locale => locale.enabled);
+const availableLocales = localeConfig.filter(locale => locale.enabled);
 
 // This provides the default locale information for the Next.js Application
 // This is marked by the unique `locale.default` property on the `en` locale