import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next' type Todo = { id: string; text: string } const items: Array = [] export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000)) if (req.method === 'POST') { const text: string = req.body.text // sometimes it will fail, this will cause a regression on the UI if (Math.random() > 0.7) { res.status(500) res.json({ message: 'Could not add item!' }) return } const newTodo = { id: Math.random().toString(), text: text.toUpperCase() } items.push(newTodo) res.json(newTodo) return } else { res.json({ ts: Date.now(), items, }) } }