Deploy Nuxt 3 with static files + server functions

[codeflorist]

hi there!

many thanks for creating this action!

i'm trying to deploy a Nuxt application to Netlify, that has server-side routes as well as prerendered static content. it is built using "nuxt build" and the "netlify "Nitro-preset. this creates all static files inside the .dist folder. it also creates a .netlify folder structured like this:

- .netlify/
    - functions-internal/
        - nitro.json
        - server/
            - chunks/
                - _/
                - build/
                - routes/
                - virtual/
            - node_modules/
                - .....
            - main.mjs
            - main.mjs.map
            - server.mjs
            - package.json

here is my workflow-usage:

      - name: Deploy production to Netlify
        uses: jsmrcaga/[email protected]
        with:
          NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
          NETLIFY_SITE_ID: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
          NETLIFY_DEPLOY_MESSAGE: 'Deployed from GitHub action'
          NETLIFY_DEPLOY_TO_PROD: true
          build_directory: './dist'
          functions_directory: './.netlify'
          install_command: 'echo Skipping installing the dependencies'
          build_command: 'echo Skipping building the web files'

i've tried ./.netlify as well as ./.netlify/functions-internal and ./.netlify/functions-internal/server for functions_directory, but the server-routes are not callable and throw a 404.

your script is outputting this in all 3 cases:

- Looking for a functions cache...
✔ No cached functions were found

do you have any idea how to deploy this Nuxt app with static files AND functions for server-side routes?

[jsmrcaga]

Hi @codeflorist , thanks for opening the discussion!

It's been quite a few years since I have used Netlify, I think I stopped using it before they released serverless functions. And I have 0 experience with Nuxt (or Vue in general). But it seems like we can do some debugging here.

• When you try deploying locally, are you seeing the same output? (the cache message might just mean that no cache was found so everything is going to be deployed anew)
• Is there a way for you to replicate this action locally and compare?

Let me know if this helps in advancing, otherwise we can probably ask help from other maintainers 🙏🏼