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Using AI SDK and NextAuth without Edge Runtime

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Giant AngoraOP
Is there a way to use the AI SDK without relying on the Vercel edge runtime?
I'd like to integrate the SDK into my existing project, but I'm running into various problems related to trying to use NextAuth in a way that's compatible with the edge runtime.

I have no use for the edge runtime, and just want to have things work "as-is."
Is this possible? All of the examples Vercel provides using NextAuth utilize the edge runtime.

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Answered by andrewscofield
The docs and examples sure do favor the edge! But that's because edge servers give you really nice stream response capabilities that people have gotten used to with AI tools. Here are docs on how to use with node though: https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs/api-reference/stream-to-response#example-nodejs-http-server
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andrewscofield
The docs and examples sure do favor the edge! But that's because edge servers give you really nice stream response capabilities that people have gotten used to with AI tools. Here are docs on how to use with node though: https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs/api-reference/stream-to-response#example-nodejs-http-server
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andrewscofield
All the examples should work, you just need to convert the stream to a response
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Giant AngoraOP
Oh okay I see that now, I'll try it out. Thank you!
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tafutada777
let me recap a bit. it works both runtimes, Edge and Serveless. one caveat, Edge is ideal as it is measured by CPU time, while Serverless is wall time(elapsed time). Open AI stuff is obviously I/O bound app, thus running on Edge reduces cloud cost.
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Giant AngoraOP
I'm just running my app in a container 24/7 so I don't need serverless or edge at the moment
This worked, thank you so much!