inngest

Serverless background jobs and event-driven workflows with durable step-based execution. Inngest expert for serverless-first background jobs, event-driven workflows, and durable execution without managing queues or workers. Inngest function with typed events in Next.js When to use : Starting with Inngest in any Next.js project // lib/inngest/client.ts import { Inngest } from 'inngest'; export const inngest = new Inngest({ id: 'my-app', schemas: new EventSchemas().fromRecord(), }); // Define your events with types type Events = { 'user/signed.up': { data: { userId: string; email: string } }; 'order/placed': { data: { orderId: string; total: number } }; }; // lib/inngest/functions.ts import { inngest } from './client'; export const sendWelcomeEmail = inngest.createFunction( { id: 'send-welcome-email' }, { event: 'user/signed.up' }, async ({ event, step }) => { // Step 1: Get user details const user = await step.run('get-user', async () => { return await db.users.findUnique({ where: { id: event.data.userId } }); }); } ); // app/api/inngest/route.ts (Next.js App Router) import { serve } from 'inngest/next'; import { inngest } from '@/lib/inngest/client'; import { sendWelcomeEmail } from '@/lib/inngest/functions'; export const { GET, POST, PUT } = serve({ client: inngest, functions: [sendWelcomeEmail], }); Complex workflow with parallel steps and error handling When to use :...