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From: Oliver Windall Juhl <59018053+olivermrbl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:28:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add @medusajs/product readme (#4368)

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+# Product Module
+
+The Product Module gives you access Products, Variants, Categories, and more through a standalone package that can be installed and run in Next.js functions and other Node.js compatible runtimes.
+
+[Product Module documentation](https://docs.medusajs.com/modules/product/serverless-module) | [Medusa Website](https://medusajs.com/) | [Medusa Repository](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa)
+
+> The Product Module is currently in beta. The beta version comes with limited functionality, primarily centered around retrieving products. In the official version, the product module will be fully-fledged and on par with the product functionality in our core package. 
+
+---
+
+## Installing and using it in Next.js
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- [Next.js project](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/create-next-app)
+
+1\. Run the following command in your project
+
+```bash
+npm install @medusajs/product
+```
+
+2\. Add Database URL to your environment variables
+
+```bash
+POSTGRES_URL=<DATABASE_URL>
+```
+
+3\. Apply database migrations
+
+> If you are using an existing Medusa database, you can skip this step. This step is only applicable when the module is used in isolation from a full Medusa setup
+
+Before you can run migrations, add in your `package.json` the following scripts:
+
+```json
+"scripts": {
+    //...other scripts
+    "product:migrations:run": "medusa-product-migrations-up",
+    "product:seed": "medusa-product-seed ./seed-data.js"
+},
+```
+
+The first command runs the migrations, and the second command allows you to optionally seed your database with demo products.
+
+For the second command to work, you'll need to add the dummy seed data to the root of your Next.js project:
+
+<details>
+  <summary>Seed file</summary>
+
+```js
+const productCategoriesData = [
+  {
+    id: "category-0",
+    name: "category 0",
+    parent_category_id: null,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "category-1",
+    name: "category 1",
+    parent_category_id: "category-0",
+  },
+  {
+    id: "category-1-a",
+    name: "category 1 a",
+    parent_category_id: "category-1",
+  },
+  {
+    id: "category-1-b",
+    name: "category 1 b",
+    parent_category_id: "category-1",
+    is_internal: true,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "category-1-b-1",
+    name: "category 1 b 1",
+    parent_category_id: "category-1-b",
+  },
+]
+
+const productsData = [
+  {
+    id: "test-1",
+    title: "product 1",
+    status: "published",
+    descriptions: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur.",
+    tags: [
+      {
+        id: "tag-1",
+        value: "France",
+      },
+    ],
+    categories: [
+      {
+        id: "category-0",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    id: "test-2",
+    title: "product",
+    status: "published",
+    descriptions: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur.",
+    tags: [
+      {
+        id: "tag-2",
+        value: "Germany",
+      },
+    ],
+    categories: [
+      {
+        id: "category-1",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+]
+
+const variantsData = [
+  {
+    id: "test-1",
+    title: "variant title",
+    sku: "sku 1",
+    product: { id: productsData[0].id },
+    inventory_quantity: 10,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "test-2",
+    title: "variant title",
+    sku: "sku 2",
+    product: { id: productsData[1].id },
+    inventory_quantity: 10,
+  },
+]
+
+module.exports = {
+  productCategoriesData,
+  productsData,
+  variantsData,
+}
+```
+
+</details>
+
+Then run the first and optionally the second command to migrate and seed the database:
+
+```bash
+npm run product:migrations:run
+# optionally
+npm run product:seed
+```
+
+4\. Adjust Next.js config
+
+Next.js uses Webpack for compilation. Since quite a few of the dependencies used by the product module are not Webpack optimized, you have to add the product module as an external dependency.
+
+To do that, add the serverComponentsExternalPackages option in `next.config.js`:
+
+```js
+/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
+
+const nextConfig = {
+  experimental: {
+    serverComponentsExternalPackages: ["@medusajs/product"],
+  },
+}
+
+module.exports = nextConfig
+```
+
+5\. Create API Route
+
+The product module is ready for use now! You can now use it to create API endpoints within your Next.js application.
+
+For example, create the file `app/api/products/route.ts` with the following content:
+
+```ts
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server"
+
+import { initialize as initializeProductModule } from "@medusajs/product"
+
+export async function GET(request: Request) {
+  const productService = await initializeProductModule()
+
+  const data = await productService.list()
+
+  return NextResponse.json({ products: data })
+}
+```
+
+6\. Test your Next.js application
+To test the endpoint you added, start your Next.js application with the following command:
+
+```
+npm run dev
+```
+
+Then, open in your browser the URL `http://localhost:3000/api/products`. If you seeded your database with demo products, or you’re using a Medusa database schema, you’ll receive the products in your database. Otherwise, the request will return an empty array.