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Next.js on 🤗 Spaces

Run your ML demo with ease in a Next.js environment

At failfast, we're passionate about crafting demos with TypeScript, Next.js, and MUI. Inspired by the ease-of-use of Gradio and Streamlit within Hugging Face Spaces, we aim to deliver a similar developer experience to JavaScript enthusiasts. Our toolkit includes predefined MUI components, empowering you to build intuitive UIs for your ML demos. --- - [Local development](#local-development) * [Use the Docker container locally](#use-the-docker-container-locally) - [Secret Management](#secret-management) * [Build-time](#build-time) * [Runtime](#runtime) - [Dockerize an existing project](#dockerize-an-existing-project) - [Sync your GitHub repository with your 🤗 Space](#sync-your-github-repository-with-your-%F0%9F%A4%97-space) - [Cleanup your 🤗 Space](#cleanup-your-%F0%9F%A4%97-space) - [Development Roadmap](#development-roadmap) --- ## Local development 1. Install the dependencies: `npm i` 2. Start the local dev-server: `npm run dev` 3. Open the app via [localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) ### Use the Docker container locally > ℹī¸ In order for the commands to work, you need at least Docker >= 20.10, as we use env-variables as secrets To make sure that everything is working out, you can run your container locally: 1. [Install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) on your machine 2. Go into the `nextjs-hf-spaces` folder 3. Build your Docker image: `docker build -t nextjs-hf-spaces .` 4. Run your Docker container: `docker run -p 3000:3000 nextjs-hf-spaces`. 5. Open the app via [localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) If you also have a secret that needs to be passed into the container, you can do this: 1. Create a copy of `.env.local.example` and rename it to `.env.local` (it contains the secret `HF_EXAMPLE_SECRET`) 2. Run your Docker container and specify the env-file: `docker run -p 3000:3000 --env-file .env.local nextjs-hf-spaces` 3. Open the example API via [localhost:3000/api/env](http://localhost:3000/api/env) and see that the value of our secret `HF_EXAMPLE_SECRET` is shown ## Secret Management To not expose your secrets to end users, you can add them directly in **Settings** of your 🤗 Space. 1. Open your space and navigate to the **Settings** 2. Find **Repository secrets** & click on **New secret** That's it, you can now access your secret. ### Build-time If you need to have a secret during build-time (e.g. you want to install private npm packages), then you can add this directly into the `Dockerfile`: ```dockerfile # Uncomment the following lines if you want to use a secret at buildtime, # for example to access your private npm packages RUN --mount=type=secret,id=HF_EXAMPLE_SECRET,mode=0444,required=true \ $(cat /run/secrets/HF_EXAMPLE_SECRET) ``` In this case, we mount the secret `HF_EXAMPLE_SECRET` (using [Docker secrets](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/secrets/)) inside and can use it. ### Runtime When your 🤗 Space is running and you want to use a secret (e.g. access an API that requires authentication) without exposing it to the user, you can use it as an environment variable via `process.env`. ```typescript import process from "node:process"; import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next"; export default async function handler( request: NextApiRequest, response: NextApiResponse ) { const exampleSecret = process.env.HF_EXAMPLE_SECRET; // Your logic to access an API that requires authentication return response.status(200).json("We have access to an external API"); } ``` A simple example can be found at [nextjs-hf-spaces/api/env](https://huggingface.co/spaces/failfast/nextjs-hf-spaces/api/env). This will return the secret to see that it's working, but you wouldn't do this in your space, as you don't want to expose the secret to an end user. ## Dockerize an existing project To add support for Docker to an existing project, just copy the `Dockerfile` into the root of the project and add the following to the `next.config.js` file: ```js // next.config.js module.exports = { // ... rest of the configuration. output: "standalone", }; ``` This will build the project as a standalone app inside the Docker image. ## Sync your GitHub repository with your 🤗 Space If you want to use all the features for collaborative development on GitHub, but keep your demo on 🤗 Spaces, then you can set up a GitHub action that will automatically push changes from GitHub into Spaces. > ℹī¸ Git-LFS is required for files bigger than 10MB 1. Create your repo on GitHub 2. Create a [Github secret](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository) named `HF_TOKEN` and use an [access token from Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens) as its value (you must be logged in to do this) 3. Update the workflow [sync_to_hf_spaces.yml](.github/workflows/sync_to_hf_spaces.yml) - Configure `HF_USERNAME`: Replace `failfast` with the name of your 🤗 user account or your 🤗 organization - Configure `HF_SPACE_NAME`: Replace `nextjs-hf-spaces` with the name of your 🤗 space 4. Push the code into your repo on GitHub This should force push changes in the **main** branch from GitHub into your 🤗 space. For further information, you can check out the [guide on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-github-actions). ## Cleanup your 🤗 Space You don't need all the demo content and examples? Then you can delete these resources to get a clean 🤗 Space: * `src/pages/api/env.ts` * `src/components/example-components.tsx` * `src/components/getting-started.tsx` * `src/components/under-construction.tsx` * `src/components/title.tsx` * `src/components/huggingface/huggingface.tsx` Update the `src/components/index.tsx` and remove: ```jsx <GettingStarted /> <DividerBox /> <ExampleComponents /> ``` > i Got an idea how this could be better? Please let us know! ## Development Roadmap The next milestones in no particular order are: * Components for all [`@huggingface/inference`](https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface.js/inference/README) methods (WIP) * Components to use [langchain.js](https://js.langchain.com/docs) * Components to use [hyv](https://github.com/failfa-st/hyv) * Publish components on npm to make them usable outside of [nextjs-hf-spaces](https://github.com/failfa-st/nextjs-hf-spaces) * Provide templates for different use-cases, that are too complex for single components * Docs on how to use the components with all available options > i Anything missing? Please let us know!