There are two ways to get started with the Next Drupal Starter:

Option 1: Use create-next-app

1. In your terminal, run the following command:

npx create-next-app -e https://github.com/pantheon-systems/next-drupal-starter --use-npm

2. Follow the prompts in your terminal to complete the setup.

Option 2: Clone the repo

1. Clone this repo:

git clone [email protected]:pantheon-systems/next-drupal-starter.git

2. Install node modules

cd next-drupal-starter && npm install

For either option, create a .env.development.local file and update it with the following: (See .env.example for an example)

BACKEND_URL=
IMAGE_DOMAIN=

# Used to set the debug mode for the DrupalState store(s)
# If not set, debug mode for the store(s) is set to false
DEBUG_MODE=

# this value can also bet set in the command line
# before running commands for example
# FRONTEND_URL=example.com npm run build
FRONTEND_URL=

# These variables are needed to enable Preview
PREVIEW_SECRET=
CLIENT_ID=
CLIENT_SECRET=

4. Run lando start

5. Open a browser and navigate to http://drupalnext.lndo.site/.

The @pantheon-systems/drupal-kit and @pantheon-systems/nextjs-kit are included as dependencies in this project. This allows developers to make use of utility functions and components to simplify the process of building and maintaining a Front-End site on Pantheon.

Full documentation can be found at: https://github.com/pantheon-systems/decoupled-kit-js/tree/canary/web/docs/Packages

• examples/auth-api - a simple example that sources data from an endpoint that requires authorization.
• examples/pagination - an example that sources paged data from JSON:API and paginates it client side.
• examples/ssg-isr - an example that is build with using ISR as the rendering method. The content is identical to the /posts page.

The pages/recipes directory can be safely removed if you are using a Drupal instance that does not source the Umami demo data

For a guide on creating your first Next Drupal customization, see Your First Drupal Customization

Tests are written with vitest. All new functionality should have unit tests or snapshot tests where applicable. Snapshot tests are using @testing-library/react.

Any fetch calls should be mocked with msw in setupFile.js.

There are two data profiles to test against: the Umami profile and the Default profile. These profiles are available as Drupal modules and contain data to render the frontend with. See our Backend Starters for more information on setting up a Drupal instance.

This section assumes the package manager in use is npm. If you are not using npm, replace npm with the name of your package manager.

To run all tests for both profiles sequentially:

npm test

To run the tests for a single profile in watch mode:

# test against the umami profile data
npm run test:umami
# tests against the default profile data
npm run test:default

Snapshots should be updated when presentational changes are made. If a new page route is added, create a new snapshot test for it, and include any data needed to run that test successfully. Please commit the updated snapshots along with your changes.

To update a snapshot:

Run the following helper command:

npm run update-snapshots

Or, run the test for a single profile in watch mode (see above), then in the terminal press the u key. This will update the snapshot for the running profile Be sure to update the snapshot for both profiles.