react-code-dataset / next.js /docs /02-pages /03-building-your-application /01-routing /06-custom-document.mdx
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| title: Custom Document | |
| description: Extend the default document markup added by Next.js. | |
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| A custom `Document` can update the `<html>` and `<body>` tags used to render a [Page](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/pages-and-layouts). | |
| To override the default `Document`, create the file `pages/_document` as shown below: | |
| ```tsx filename="pages/_document.tsx" switcher | |
| import { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document' | |
| export default function Document() { | |
| return ( | |
| <Html lang="en"> | |
| <Head /> | |
| <body> | |
| <Main /> | |
| <NextScript /> | |
| </body> | |
| </Html> | |
| ) | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| ```jsx filename="pages/_document.jsx" switcher | |
| import { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document' | |
| export default function Document() { | |
| return ( | |
| <Html lang="en"> | |
| <Head /> | |
| <body> | |
| <Main /> | |
| <NextScript /> | |
| </body> | |
| </Html> | |
| ) | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| > **Good to know**: | |
| > | |
| > - `_document` is only rendered on the server, so event handlers like `onClick` cannot be used in this file. | |
| > - `<Html>`, `<Head />`, `<Main />` and `<NextScript />` are required for the page to be properly rendered. | |
| ## Caveats | |
| - The `<Head />` component used in `_document` is not the same as [`next/head`](/docs/pages/api-reference/components/head). The `<Head />` component used here should only be used for any `<head>` code that is common for all pages. For all other cases, such as `<title>` tags, we recommend using [`next/head`](/docs/pages/api-reference/components/head) in your pages or components. | |
| - React components outside of `<Main />` will not be initialized by the browser. Do _not_ add application logic here or custom CSS (like `styled-jsx`). If you need shared components in all your pages (like a menu or a toolbar), read [Layouts](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/pages-and-layouts#layout-pattern) instead. | |
| - `Document` currently does not support Next.js [Data Fetching methods](/docs/pages/building-your-application/data-fetching) like [`getStaticProps`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/data-fetching/get-static-props) or [`getServerSideProps`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/data-fetching/get-server-side-props). | |
| ## Customizing `renderPage` | |
| Customizing `renderPage` is advanced and only needed for libraries like CSS-in-JS to support server-side rendering. This is not needed for built-in `styled-jsx` support. | |
| **We do not recommend using this pattern.** Instead, consider [incrementally adopting](/docs/app/guides/migrating/app-router-migration) the App Router, which allows you to more easily fetch data for pages and layouts. | |
| ```tsx filename="pages/_document.tsx" switcher | |
| import Document, { | |
| Html, | |
| Head, | |
| Main, | |
| NextScript, | |
| DocumentContext, | |
| DocumentInitialProps, | |
| } from 'next/document' | |
| class MyDocument extends Document { | |
| static async getInitialProps( | |
| ctx: DocumentContext | |
| ): Promise<DocumentInitialProps> { | |
| const originalRenderPage = ctx.renderPage | |
| // Run the React rendering logic synchronously | |
| ctx.renderPage = () => | |
| originalRenderPage({ | |
| // Useful for wrapping the whole react tree | |
| enhanceApp: (App) => App, | |
| // Useful for wrapping in a per-page basis | |
| enhanceComponent: (Component) => Component, | |
| }) | |
| // Run the parent `getInitialProps`, it now includes the custom `renderPage` | |
| const initialProps = await Document.getInitialProps(ctx) | |
| return initialProps | |
| } | |
| render() { | |
| return ( | |
| <Html lang="en"> | |
| <Head /> | |
| <body> | |
| <Main /> | |
| <NextScript /> | |
| </body> | |
| </Html> | |
| ) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| export default MyDocument | |
| ``` | |
| ```jsx filename="pages/_document.jsx" switcher | |
| import Document, { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document' | |
| class MyDocument extends Document { | |
| static async getInitialProps(ctx) { | |
| const originalRenderPage = ctx.renderPage | |
| // Run the React rendering logic synchronously | |
| ctx.renderPage = () => | |
| originalRenderPage({ | |
| // Useful for wrapping the whole react tree | |
| enhanceApp: (App) => App, | |
| // Useful for wrapping in a per-page basis | |
| enhanceComponent: (Component) => Component, | |
| }) | |
| // Run the parent `getInitialProps`, it now includes the custom `renderPage` | |
| const initialProps = await Document.getInitialProps(ctx) | |
| return initialProps | |
| } | |
| render() { | |
| return ( | |
| <Html lang="en"> | |
| <Head /> | |
| <body> | |
| <Main /> | |
| <NextScript /> | |
| </body> | |
| </Html> | |
| ) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| export default MyDocument | |
| ``` | |
| > **Good to know**: | |
| > | |
| > - `getInitialProps` in `_document` is not called during client-side transitions. | |
| > - The `ctx` object for `_document` is equivalent to the one received in [`getInitialProps`](/docs/pages/api-reference/functions/get-initial-props#context-object), with the addition of `renderPage`. | |