Next.js

2 articles tagged “Next.js”.

12 Nov 2026 10 min read

Block or allow AI bots in Next.js: proxy.ts with verified IPs, and Vercel's AI Bots ruleset

Most Next.js bot-blocking snippets match the user agent in middleware.ts and stop there. That blocks honest crawlers and lets every impostor through. This version checks the operators' own IP lists, works with the Next.js 16 proxy convention, and does no network calls on the request path.

AI crawlers
Next.js
Guides

12 Nov 2026 9 min read

Get a visitor's IP address and country in Next.js (15 and 16)

Most answers for "Next.js get user IP" still use request.ip and request.geo, which Next.js 15 removed, and middleware.ts, which Next.js 16 renamed. Here is what works now on Vercel, on your own server and behind Cloudflare, and which headers you can actually trust.

Next.js
IP geolocation
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