middleware 😄, sad but true

cuz other ways not easy

The problem is that nextJS middleware doesn't support things like redis as far as I can tell

what, no way its not true

i found many tutorials in sec

I was looking at this thread ; there are common import problems with the redis libraries as there is only a specific list of njs libs supported in the middleware: https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions/34179#discussioncomment-9850610

I saw that there is a npm runtime available in some bleeding edge versions but I'm trying to not get my team to use unstable software unless there's no other option

Is there really no way to just invoke a function for every route?

you are looking easy way

node's app.use is a middleware tho

https://dev.to/ethanleetech/4-best-rate-limiting-solutions-for-nextjs-apps-2024-3ljj
already shows 4 way

We re not using uptash redis, we host our own. We need the usual redis libs like ioreris to work.

Upstash redis.is just an api wrapper not really connecting to a redis server

just setup redis at your express backend, or whatever isnt it

I'm unsure what this means, can you elaborate?

what is your backend

I'm unsure what you mean, I'm using the nextjs development server. Do you mean the other databases?

setup a seperate backend and connect to redis, then connect to it from next api, not easy but good solution

I do not understand what advantage this provides to me.

i dont think you need a advice tbh

I think this option is generally not feasible for a simple pre-route hook, which is one or two lines of code in most other frameworks I've worked with. I will wait for other suggestions. Thank you for your comments and clarification.