rsnext/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-loader.ts
Damien Simonin Feugas bf089562c7
feat(middleware)!: forbids middleware response body (#36835)
_Hello Next.js team! First PR here, I hope I've followed the right practices._

### What's in there?

It has been decided to only support the following uses cases in Next.js' middleware:
- rewrite the URL (`x-middleware-rewrite` response header)
- redirect to another URL (`Location` response header)
- pass on to the next piece in the request pipeline (`x-middleware-next` response header)

1. during development, a warning on console tells developers when they are returning a response (either with `Response` or `NextResponse`).
2. at build time, this warning becomes an error.
3. at run time, returning a response body will trigger a 500 HTTP error with a JSON payload containing the detailed error.

All returned/thrown errors contain a link to the documentation.

This is a breaking feature compared to the _beta_ middleware implementation, and also removes `NextResponse.json()` which makes no sense any more.

### How to try it?
- runtime behavior: `HEADLESS=true yarn jest test/integration/middleware/core`
- build behavior : `yarn jest test/integration/middleware/build-errors`
- development behavior: `HEADLESS=true yarn jest test/development/middleware-warnings`

### Notes to reviewers

The limitation happens in next's web adapter. ~The initial implementation was to check `response.body` existence, but it turns out [`Response.redirect()`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/packages/next/server/web/spec-compliant/response.ts#L42-L53) may set the response body (https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/31886). Hence why the proposed implementation specifically looks at response headers.~
`Response.redirect()` and `NextResponse.redirect()` do not need to include the final location in their body: it is handled by next server https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/packages/next/server/next-server.ts#L1142

Because this is a breaking change, I had to adjust several tests cases, previously returning JSON/stream/text bodies. When relevant, these middlewares are returning data using response headers.

About DevEx: relying on AST analysis to detect forbidden use cases is not as good as running the code.
Such cases are easy to detect:
```js
new Response('a text value')
new Response(JSON.stringify({ /* whatever */ })
```
But these are false-positive cases:
```js
function returnNull() { return null }
new Response(returnNull())

function doesNothing() {}
new Response(doesNothing())
```
However, I see no good reasons to let users ship middleware such as the one above, hence why the build will fail, even if _technically speaking_, they are not setting the response body. 



## Feature

- [x] Implements an existing feature request or RFC. Make sure the feature request has been accepted for implementation before opening a PR.
- [ ] Related issues linked using `fixes #number`
- [x] Integration tests added
- [x] Documentation added
- [ ] Telemetry added. In case of a feature if it's used or not.
- [x] Errors have helpful link attached, see `contributing.md`

## Documentation / Examples

- [x] Make sure the linting passes by running `yarn lint`
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import { getModuleBuildInfo } from './get-module-build-info'
import { stringifyRequest } from '../stringify-request'
import { MIDDLEWARE_FILE } from '../../../lib/constants'
export type MiddlewareLoaderOptions = {
absolutePagePath: string
page: string
}
export default function middlewareLoader(this: any) {
const { absolutePagePath, page }: MiddlewareLoaderOptions = this.getOptions()
const stringifiedPagePath = stringifyRequest(this, absolutePagePath)
const buildInfo = getModuleBuildInfo(this._module)
buildInfo.nextEdgeMiddleware = {
page: page.replace(new RegExp(`${MIDDLEWARE_FILE}$`), '') || '/',
}
return `
import { adapter, blockUnallowedResponse } from 'next/dist/server/web/adapter'
// The condition is true when the "process" module is provided
if (process !== global.process) {
// prefer local process but global.process has correct "env"
process.env = global.process.env;
global.process = process;
}
var mod = require(${stringifiedPagePath})
var handler = mod.middleware || mod.default;
if (typeof handler !== 'function') {
throw new Error('The Middleware "pages${page}" must export a \`middleware\` or a \`default\` function');
}
export default function (opts) {
return blockUnallowedResponse(adapter({
...opts,
page: ${JSON.stringify(page)},
handler,
}))
}
`
}