Is there any better convention than importing server-only?

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Japanese cockle posted this in #help-forum

Japanese cockleOP

2023-09-10T13:31:39.000Z

Is there any other convention besides installing "server-only" package and importing it in file to declare server only stuff? Is "use server" same as "server-only" or is it only meant for server actions?

Answered by riský

importing "use server" is the best way to throw error

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riský

2023-09-10T13:41:51.000Z

server actions use "use server" and to throw an error for importing into a non server component, you import "server-only"

@riský server actions use `"use server"` and to throw an error for importing into a non server component, you import `"server-only"`

Japanese cockleOP

2023-09-10T13:52:54.000Z

is it the only way to throw an error? Can I somehow avoid installing additional dependencies?

riský

2023-09-10T13:53:29.000Z

importing "use server" is the best way to throw error

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riský

2023-09-10T13:54:16.000Z

and im pretty sure that it is preinstalled by next anyway [[source](https://www.npmjs.com/package/next?activeTab=dependencies) - and you will see server-only - it is dev, but most install package managers them also)

(but you should still add it to your package.json)

@riský and im pretty sure that it is preinstalled by next anyway [[source](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/next?activeTab=dependencies>) - and you will see `server-only` - it is dev, but most install package managers them also)

Japanese cockleOP

2023-09-10T14:02:00.000Z

alright, thanks for the response