I am trying to generate an index.html page with getStaticPaths in Next.JS but every time I try to do so it throws out an error or creates an index directory instead of a file.
So far I have tried passing: '', '/' and 'index' in params.page. I also tried adding trailingSlash: true, in the next.config file but this didn't work either.
I have a [page].js file in the pages directory. With this file, I generate numerous pages since the [page].js file is a templating file. I use this templating method because there are a lot of common components and the only thing that differs on each page is the "main content". Imagine the following, generating 10 pages where each one of them has the same navbar and side menu but the content (text) is different. And so I try to generate 10 pages while one of them is the index.html one but instead of generating a .html file it generates an index directory. How can I fix that is my question?
export const getStaticPaths = async () => {
return {
paths: [{
params: { // Imagine the following code for another 9 pagespage: 'index' // Only the `index` one has a problem (creates a directory instead of file)
}
}]
};
}
If I pass any other string apart from index in params.page it would create a [my_string].html page. I want to be able to create an index.html page with next.js' getStaticPaths method.
It looks like you are trying to generate a static index.html file using the getStaticPaths and getStaticProps methods in Next.js.
The issue you are experiencing is most likely caused by the fact that index is a reserved directory name in Next.js. When you specify page: 'index' in the params object passed to getStaticPaths, Next.js expects to find a directory with the name index in the pages directory, and it tries to generate static HTML files for all the pages inside this directory.
To generate an index.html file, you can try using a different name for the page in the params object. For example, you can use page: 'home' instead of page: 'index', and then create a home.js file in the pages directory. This should allow you to generate a static home.html file instead of an index directory.
Alternatively, you can try specifying the fallback: false option in the getStaticPaths method to prevent Next.js from generating a fallback HTML file for the index directory. This should allow you to generate an index.html file instead of an index directory.