Storyblok + NextJS - Depict AI Documentation

To avoid having to create a Story in Storyblok for each collection, we can make use of NextJS dynamic routing.

This example assumes you are using the NextJS Pages Router when we mention file names and their locations

Let’s say you want all collections to be displayed under the /collections route. You can create a file called [...slug].js in a collections folder under pages.

Make sure you have the fallback option set to true in your getStaticPaths function, otherwise NextJS will not render the page on the fly

For details on ProductCard and CategoryPage see the Product Card and Category Page instructions.

You have two examples below:

The first and recommended way is that you check if the page has been configured in the Storyblok Visual Editor, and if so, render the Story before the CategoryPage component. Otherwise, render the CategoryPage component directly. This will allow anyone using Storyblok to provide template overrides for specific collections.

The second way is a minimal setup, where you only render the CategoryPage component. This is useful if you don’t want to allow template overrides for specific collections.

Recommended Setup


import {useStoryblokState, StoryblokComponent} from "@storyblok/react";
import {CategoryPage} from "@depict-ai/react-ui";

// Your regular layout for a PLP page
import Layout from "@/components/Layout";

// Your ProductCard component
import {ProductCard} from "@/components/ProductCard";

export default function Page({ story, queryId }) {
  story = useStoryblokState(story);

  return (
    <Layout>
      {/* This is how you can allow support for collection specific overrides in the Storyblok Visual Editor */}
      {story?.content && <StoryblokComponent blok={story.content} />}

      {/* This is the CategoryPage component from the Depict UI, see the React Depict UI Integration Guide for details*/}
      <CategoryPage categoryId={queryId} productCard={ProductCard} />
    </Layout>
  );
}

export async function getStaticProps({ params }) {
  let slug = params.slug.join("/");

  // Your existing code to fetch storyblok data and whatnot
  const data = {
    // YOUR STORYBLOK RESPONSE
  };

return {
    props: {
      story: data ? data.story : false,
      queryId: slug, // This is what we will pass to the CategoryPage component to display the correct collection
      key: data ? data.story.id : false,
    }
  };
}

export async function getStaticPaths() {
  // Your existing logic to fetch static paths, see https://www.storyblok.com/tp/render-storyblok-stories-dynamically-in-next-js#dynamic-route-generation-with-getstaticpaths for inspiration

  return {
    paths: paths,
    fallback: true, // VERY IMPORTANT - since we won't rebuild every time a new collection is created, we need this to render on the fly
  };
}

Minimal setup


import {CategoryPage} from "@depict-ai/react-ui";

// Your regular layout for a PLP page
import Layout from "@/components/Layout";

// Your ProductCard component
import {ProductCard} from "@/components/ProductCard";

export default function Page({ queryId }) {
  return (
    <Layout>
      {/* This is the CategoryPage component from the Depict UI, see the React Depict UI Integration Guide for details*/}
      <CategoryPage categoryId={queryId} productCard={ProductCard} />
    </Layout>
  );
}

export async function getStaticProps({ params }) {
  let slug = params.slug.join("/");

  return {
    props: {
      queryId: slug, // This is what we will pass to the CategoryPage component to display the correct collection
    }
  };
}

export async function getStaticPaths() {
  return {
    paths: [],
    fallback: true, // VERY IMPORTANT - since we won't rebuild every time a new collection is created, we need this to render on the fly
  };
}

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