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---
title: getStaticProps
description: API reference for `getStaticProps`. Learn how to use `getStaticProps` to generate static pages with Next.js.
---

Exporting a function called `getStaticProps` will pre-render a page at build time using the props returned from the function:

```tsx filename="pages/index.tsx" switcher
import type { InferGetStaticPropsType, GetStaticProps } from 'next'

type Repo = {
  name: string
  stargazers_count: number
}

export const getStaticProps = (async (context) => {
  const res = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/vercel/next.js')
  const repo = await res.json()
  return { props: { repo } }
}) satisfies GetStaticProps<{
  repo: Repo
}>

export default function Page({
  repo,
}: InferGetStaticPropsType<typeof getStaticProps>) {
  return repo.stargazers_count
}
```

```jsx filename="pages/index.js" switcher
export async function getStaticProps() {
  const res = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/vercel/next.js')
  const repo = await res.json()
  return { props: { repo } }
}

export default function Page({ repo }) {
  return repo.stargazers_count
}
```

You can import modules in top-level scope for use in `getStaticProps`. Imports used will **not be bundled for the client-side**. This means you can write **server-side code directly in `getStaticProps`**, including fetching data from your database.

## Context parameter

The `context` parameter is an object containing the following keys:

| Name               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `params`           | Contains the route parameters for pages using [dynamic routes](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/dynamic-routes). For example, if the page name is `[id].js`, then `params` will look like `{ id: ... }`. You should use this together with `getStaticPaths`, which we'll explain later.                                                                                                                                 |
| `preview`          | (Deprecated for `draftMode`) `preview` is `true` if the page is in the [Preview Mode](/docs/pages/guides/preview-mode) and `false` otherwise.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `previewData`      | (Deprecated for `draftMode`) The [preview](/docs/pages/guides/preview-mode) data set by `setPreviewData`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `draftMode`        | `draftMode` is `true` if the page is in the [Draft Mode](/docs/pages/guides/draft-mode) and `false` otherwise.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `locale`           | Contains the active locale (if enabled).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `locales`          | Contains all supported locales (if enabled).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `defaultLocale`    | Contains the configured default locale (if enabled).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `revalidateReason` | Provides a reason for why the function was called. Can be one of: "build" (run at build time), "stale" (revalidate period expired, or running in [development mode](/docs/pages/building-your-application/data-fetching/get-static-props#runs-on-every-request-in-development)), "on-demand" (triggered via [on-demand revalidation](/docs/pages/guides/incremental-static-regeneration#on-demand-revalidation-with-revalidatepath)) |

## getStaticProps return values

The `getStaticProps` function should return an object containing either `props`, `redirect`, or `notFound` followed by an **optional** `revalidate` property.

### `props`

The `props` object is a key-value pair, where each value is received by the page component. It should be a [serializable object](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Glossary/Serialization) so that any props passed, could be serialized with [`JSON.stringify`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify).

```jsx
export async function getStaticProps(context) {
  return {
    props: { message: `Next.js is awesome` }, // will be passed to the page component as props
  }
}
```

### `revalidate`

The `revalidate` property is the amount in seconds after which a page re-generation can occur (defaults to `false` or no revalidation).

```js
// This function gets called at build time on server-side.
// It may be called again, on a serverless function, if
// revalidation is enabled and a new request comes in
export async function getStaticProps() {
  const res = await fetch('https://.../posts')
  const posts = await res.json()

  return {
    props: {
      posts,
    },
    // Next.js will attempt to re-generate the page:
    // - When a request comes in
    // - At most once every 10 seconds
    revalidate: 10, // In seconds
  }
}
```

Learn more about [Incremental Static Regeneration](/docs/pages/guides/incremental-static-regeneration).

The cache status of a page leveraging ISR can be determined by reading the value of the `x-nextjs-cache` response header. The possible values are the following:

- `MISS` - the path is not in the cache (occurs at most once, on the first visit)
- `STALE` - the path is in the cache but exceeded the revalidate time so it will be updated in the background
- `HIT` - the path is in the cache and has not exceeded the revalidate time

### `notFound`

The `notFound` boolean allows the page to return a `404` status and [404 Page](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/custom-error#404-page). With `notFound: true`, the page will return a `404` even if there was a successfully generated page before. This is meant to support use cases like user-generated content getting removed by its author. Note, `notFound` follows the same `revalidate` behavior [described here](#revalidate).

```js
export async function getStaticProps(context) {
  const res = await fetch(`https://.../data`)
  const data = await res.json()

  if (!data) {
    return {
      notFound: true,
    }
  }

  return {
    props: { data }, // will be passed to the page component as props
  }
}
```

> **Good to know**: `notFound` is not needed for [`fallback: false`](/docs/pages/api-reference/functions/get-static-paths#fallback-false) mode as only paths returned from `getStaticPaths` will be pre-rendered.

### `redirect`

The `redirect` object allows redirecting to internal or external resources. It should match the shape of `{ destination: string, permanent: boolean }`.

In some rare cases, you might need to assign a custom status code for older `HTTP` clients to properly redirect. In these cases, you can use the `statusCode` property instead of the `permanent` property, **but not both**. You can also set `basePath: false` similar to redirects in `next.config.js`.

```js
export async function getStaticProps(context) {
  const res = await fetch(`https://...`)
  const data = await res.json()

  if (!data) {
    return {
      redirect: {
        destination: '/',
        permanent: false,
        // statusCode: 301
      },
    }
  }

  return {
    props: { data }, // will be passed to the page component as props
  }
}
```

If the redirects are known at build-time, they should be added in [`next.config.js`](/docs/pages/api-reference/config/next-config-js/redirects) instead.

## Reading files: Use `process.cwd()`

Files can be read directly from the filesystem in `getStaticProps`.

In order to do so you have to get the full path to a file.

Since Next.js compiles your code into a separate directory you can't use `__dirname` as the path it returns will be different from the Pages Router.

Instead you can use `process.cwd()` which gives you the directory where Next.js is being executed.

```jsx
import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
import path from 'path'

// posts will be populated at build time by getStaticProps()
function Blog({ posts }) {
  return (
    <ul>
      {posts.map((post) => (
        <li>
          <h3>{post.filename}</h3>
          <p>{post.content}</p>
        </li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  )
}

// This function gets called at build time on server-side.
// It won't be called on client-side, so you can even do
// direct database queries.
export async function getStaticProps() {
  const postsDirectory = path.join(process.cwd(), 'posts')
  const filenames = await fs.readdir(postsDirectory)

  const posts = filenames.map(async (filename) => {
    const filePath = path.join(postsDirectory, filename)
    const fileContents = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8')

    // Generally you would parse/transform the contents
    // For example you can transform markdown to HTML here

    return {
      filename,
      content: fileContents,
    }
  })
  // By returning { props: { posts } }, the Blog component
  // will receive `posts` as a prop at build time
  return {
    props: {
      posts: await Promise.all(posts),
    },
  }
}

export default Blog
```

## Version History

| Version   | Changes                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `v13.4.0` | [App Router](/docs/app/getting-started/fetching-data) is now stable with simplified data fetching                                                        |
| `v12.2.0` | [On-Demand Incremental Static Regeneration](/docs/pages/guides/incremental-static-regeneration#on-demand-revalidation-with-revalidatepath) is stable.    |
| `v12.1.0` | [On-Demand Incremental Static Regeneration](/docs/pages/guides/incremental-static-regeneration#on-demand-revalidation-with-revalidatepath) added (beta). |
| `v10.0.0` | `locale`, `locales`, `defaultLocale`, and `notFound` options added.                                                                                      |
| `v10.0.0` | `fallback: 'blocking'` return option added.                                                                                                              |
| `v9.5.0`  | Stable [Incremental Static Regeneration](/docs/pages/guides/incremental-static-regeneration)                                                             |
| `v9.3.0`  | `getStaticProps` introduced.                                                                                                                             |