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Reference for writing ai-dial-chat Next.js API routes - session validation with next-auth, the validate-session/validate-input/proxy pattern, streaming responses from DIAL Core, error handling, and status-code conventions. Use when creating or editing any handler under apps/chat/src/pages/api/.

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The full API patterns guide lives at .claude/guides/api-patterns.md. Read it for the complete reference, then apply the patterns below.

When this applies

  • Creating or editing any route under apps/chat/src/pages/api/
  • Working with session validation, streaming, or proxying to DIAL Core

Endpoint pattern

Every route follows: validate session → validate input → proxy to DIAL Core.

const handler = async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
  const session = await getServerSession(req, res, authOptions);
  const isSessionValid = validateServerSession(session, req, res);
  if (!isSessionValid) return; // validateServerSession already sent the response

  const { id, model } = req.body as ChatBody;
  try {
    if (!id || !model) return res.status(400).send(errorsMessages[400]);
    // ... business logic + proxy to DIAL Core
    res.status(200).json(result);
  } catch (error) {
    return chatErrorHandler({ error, res, msg: 'Error description' });
  }
};

export default handler;

Rules

  • Always call validateServerSession as the first line — never skip it (security).
  • Validate input before business logic; return 400 on bad input.
  • Use try/catch with chatErrorHandler({ error, res, msg }).
  • Single named handler, exported as export default handler.
  • Never read process.env from client code — only in utils/server/ or API routes.
  • For streaming (/api/chat): set Transfer-Encoding: chunked, Content-Type: application/octet-stream, and cancel the reader on res.on('close', ...).

Key locations

  • Session validation: apps/chat/src/utils/auth/session.ts
  • Auth options: apps/chat/src/utils/auth/auth-options.ts
  • Error messages: apps/chat/src/constants/errors.ts
  • Error handler / stream util: apps/chat/src/utils/server/

See .claude/guides/api-patterns.md for the proxy table, status codes, and anti-patterns.