Next.js middleware matcher negate path

Question

I have a middleware on a Next.js project, and I want to negate my /api/* route.

In other words, I want middleware to run for every route except anything that starts with /api/. I couldn't find an example in the docs.

How do I achieve that (of course, without writing all included routes one by one)?

Answer 1

Looks like the middleware docs have been updated to account for something like this.

nextjs middleware docs

export const config = {
  matcher: [
    /*
     * Match all request paths except for the ones starting with:
     * - api (API routes)
     * - static (static files)
     * - favicon.ico (favicon file)
     */
    '/((?!api|static|favicon.ico).*)',
  ],
}