Deploying a backend on Vercel (APIs and Functions)

Learn how to deploy a backend to Vercel, like a REST API, through Vercel Functions. These backend APIs can then connect to your database or third-party services.
0:00 - Introduction
0:31 - Deploying a Node.js function
2:00 - Express
2:46 - Storage and logs
3:30 - Templates
3:57 - Conclusion
◆ Templates: vercel.com/templates
◆ Docs: vercel.com/docs
#vercel

[@cnikolov]

Lee you are landing really nicely with these videos, I think the missing piece now is exploring the possibilities with edge

[@yaelgonzalez6114]

Deploying to Vercel looks amazing.

[@jjrise]

would love to see some Hono examples! I have a Hono API currently deployed to Render, but all my other apps are on Vercel, so it would be extremely nice to consolidate that all to one place.

[@LS-in1xn]

man, i love vercel so much. it's sooooo awesome.

[@user-go5eu2jj3m]

Dang that was some legit backend action right there.

[@tejusr5525]

would love to see an in-depth video ✌👍

[@stonekingproductions]

I would like to see a more in depth video here. In order to use the api/ folder do you need to install Next.js?

[@KulturanCov]

More in-depth videos, please!

[@arkoose]

Nice one!, You explain it very good.

[@TadeoGonzalez-oq4ym]

Thanks Vercerl you da real MVP

[@anayeliriverasalgado8062]

Finally a simple way to deploy APIs.

[@miguelemmara5046]

is there a way to make it faster? less than 30ms per request?

[@shivanshpatel4072]

Does this work for Nestjs as well ?

[@raihan8097]

Can i host strapi too?

[@dev_franqqi]

Love this channel

[@leerob]

Let me know what else you'd like to see!

[@JosueHernandez-qj4ty]

I second that, great video!

[@mzafarr]

Can we deploy Nest.js on vercel?

[@EvHaus]

I would love to be able to deploy a Docker container. Is Vercel planning on supporting that?

[@thecoderabbi]

I second this

[@BhideSvelte]

now can we host pocketbase on vercel ?

[@BlackishGreen]

can i deploy a discord.js backend app based on websocket too?

[@IvanRandomDude]

Does anyone know how this compares to Cloudflare Workers in terms of performance, latency, pricing etc?

[@cayt3r]

It's always hard to compete with Cloudflare on the pricing front. They own the network which can reduce the egress fee significantly. Vercel is mostly wrapping around the providers like AWS, Cloudflare to provide better DX. In any case, if you are using Vercel, you should think of it as outsourcing your DevOps/Platform team to them to provide a modernised DX that builds on top of serverless technology. It's essentially a DevOps or Platform Engineering as a service, and the price definitely will be higher than Cloudflare, it's still business profit in the picture despite the DX improvement.

[@0xtz_]

I can't change the run command ? bc I have a project with front and server and I need to run the vite and then node ./server/index.js

[@nikitaistomin3588]

Have you tried using "concurrently" pkg?

[@0xtz_]

@@nikitaistomin3588 yes but didn't work well hhhhh or 8 did something wrong

[@aldrickdev]

Wil this eventually work for other languages, or is this going to stay as a tool for Javascript developers?

[@VercelHQ]

We support Python and Go as well.

[@jonathangamble]

Please fix vercel/og outside of nextjs!

[@mettle_x]

I found Vercel serverless functions very flaky. It started receiving empty JSON body from Discord webhook interactions suddenly without prior notice or any code change from my end. The fault might not be from the Discord side since I just switched to a VPS and it worked fine there.

[@aberba]

Do you build with babel?

[@sleekism]

Deploying to a lot of modern clouds have this issue. Stuff just stops working without any stimulus

[@mettle_x]

@@aberba No, I use the default TypeScript setup from Next.js

[@jellyfish1772]

Please make on showing detailed info on how to deploy a NESTjs backend❤

[@Varkoff]

yeah i'd need this as well ! Deploying a complete API server (not serverless) on Vercel would be awesome

[@akshayhere]

Is it even possible? As they said, on Pro subscription, they limit long running services to 5 minutes.

[@nicov99]

does it work with a .NET api?

[@gappalchemist]

Lee Rob the Goat 👌

[@anuragdhote8902]

does this work for Web Sockets as well?

[@ujjawal_]

no, I deployed my backend which is in express and socket io on vercel it was not working. After searching got to know it's not supported on vercel. So I looked for other alternatives.

[@ColdestElite_Vibe]

thanks

[@codemedic]

Pls make a more descriptive step-by-step tutorial 🙏🙏

[@mystickago]

yes more the better, your explainations are S tair

[@ignacioaristegui5197]

Would love to see how to deploy a backend with Django.

[@fire17102]

Hey guys, how come Python is not a Vercel Framework? Don't get it... Why can't you run my flask?

[@dmarksbarber]

I tried deploying Hono TypeScript with path aliases. Ran into issues. Tech support reached out to engineering but they never got back. Happy to share the ticket number.

[@leerob]

Thank you, yeah would love to dig in and also get a better Hono example up!

[@b_two]

can we run deno on vercel?

[@VercelHQ]

github.com/vercel-community/deno

[@HardikAjani]

Lovely

[@ekchills6948]

please we need detailed info

[@geralddd.g]

Needed

[@aldoyh]

True.. all backend frameworks.. Except PHP!!

[@twitchizle]

they support php afaik

[@aldoyh]

@@twitchizle I've reached their support and they replied that's possible if you convert them to JS using some tool! Oh C'mon!

[@twitchizle]

@@aldoyh there should be php runtime support related text in the docs. Im 100% sure i saw it.

[@aldoyh]

Please dear@@twitchizle .. Amaze me.

[@oeuvars]

please show us a guide on how to deploy express with typescript on vercel

[@neociber24]

Keep in mind Vercel is for serverless

[@leerob]

Love this suggestion, can do.

[@oeuvars]

@@leerob Thank you!

[@fire17102]

​@@oeuvars hey yo, hope it's ok to ask, what's the meaning of the symbol in your pic? Thx and all the best

[@oeuvars]

@@fire17102 Hindu swastika, i understand the logic behind your question lol. And thank you.

[@guillermobarboza5903]

are this lambdas?

[@lambertotamayo4320]

Its like firebase function.

[@loveboat]

Understood about 1% of this.

[@nothorizonhere]

Make it so you get unlimited bandwith with pro plan

[@george_davituri]

🤟🏻🏂

[@cnikolov]

The easiest way to turn your apis to lambdas

[@simonmbewe6324]

time westing .next time just go direct to a point

[@aralroca]

Would love to see some Bun.js examples! 😊