coder · jawnsy · Feb 19, 2022 · Feb 19, 2022 · bryphe-coder · Feb 19, 2022
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ func Handler(fileSystem fs.FS, options *Options) (http.Handler, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Fallback to static file server for non-HTML files
-	// Non-HTML files don't have special routing rules, so we can just leverage
-	// the built-in http.FileServer for it.
-	fileHandler := http.FileServer(http.FS(fileSystem))
-	router.NotFound(fileHandler.ServeHTTP)
+	router.NotFound(FileHandler(fileSystem))
 
 	// Finally, if there is a 404.html available, serve that
 	err = register404(fileSystem, router, *options)
@@ -64,6 +61,31 @@ func Handler(fileSystem fs.FS, options *Options) (http.Handler, error) {
 	return router, nil
 }
 
+// FileHandler serves static content, additionally adding immutable
+// cache-control headers for Next.js content
+func FileHandler(fileSystem fs.FS) func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+	// Non-HTML files don't have special routing rules, so we can just leverage
+	// the built-in http.FileServer for it.
+	fileHandler := http.FileServer(http.FS(fileSystem))
+
+	return func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+		// From the Next.js documentation:
+		//
+		// "Caching improves response times and reduces the number
+		// of requests to external services. Next.js automatically
+		// adds caching headers to immutable assets served from
+		// /_next/static including JavaScript, CSS, static images,
+		// and other media."
+		//
+		// See: https://nextjs.org/docs/going-to-production
+		if strings.HasPrefix(request.URL.Path, "/_next/static/") {
+			writer.Header().Add("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=31536000, immutable")
+		}
+
+		fileHandler.ServeHTTP(writer, request)
+	}
+}
+
 // registerRoutes recursively traverses the file-system, building routes
 // as appropriate for respecting NextJS dynamic rules.
 func registerRoutes(rtr chi.Router, fileSystem fs.FS, options Options) error {

@@ -376,6 +376,42 @@ func TestNextRouter(t *testing.T) {
 		require.EqualValues(t, "test-create", body)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("Caching headers for _next resources", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		rootFS := fstest.MapFS{
+			"index.html": &fstest.MapFile{
+				Data: []byte("test-root"),
+			},
+			"_next/static/test.js": &fstest.MapFile{
+				Data: []byte("test.js cached forever"),
+			},
+			"_next/static/chunks/app/test.css": &fstest.MapFile{
+				Data: []byte("test.css cached forever"),
+			},
+		}
+
+		router, err := nextrouter.Handler(rootFS, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		server := httptest.NewServer(router)
+		t.Cleanup(server.Close)
+
+		res, err := request(server, "/index.html")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
+
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
+		require.Empty(t, res.Header.Get("Cache-Control"))
+
+		res, err = request(server, "/_next/static/test.js")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
+
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
+		require.Equal(t, "public, max-age=31536000, immutable", res.Header.Get("Cache-Control"))
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Injects template parameters", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()