Here is an example for how to use MongoDB with nextjs: Building Modern Applications with Next.js and MongoDB | MongoDB Why is next-connect used here? Why share a connection with middleware? Couldn’t a module be used instead?

Hi Roeland - after looking into this some more, I think I have a more elegant solution (I talked to one of the folks over at Vercel, and they recommended this approach). It’s essentially what you suggested, no need to use middleware. You can simply update your database.js to look like this: import …

Nextjs example. Why use next-connect