File Based API Routes
Explore how to build server-side APIs in Nuxt 3 using file-based routing. Understand URL structures, dynamic API endpoints, and how to create request handlers with defineEventHandler to manage server responses efficiently.
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The Pixabay API had a base URL of https://pixabay.com/api/. We can add parameters to the end, such as: https://pixabay.com/api/?key=${apiKey}&q=sea
The URL string was how we made requests for the image data we wanted, but how could we handle this with our own Nuxt API? The answer lies in the file-based API routes.
File-based API routes
Once it is completed, we can link our server application to a URL to give us the base URL. The base URL is then extended depending on the type of API we want to build. If we were creating an e-commerce API, we may have URLs such as: ...