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Delba de OliveiraGitHubVercel <vercel[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>Joseph
c2b4c0815c Unify caching story across the docs (#90149)
This PRs unifies the caching story across the docs, making Cache
Components the happy path, while still providing guidance to users in
the old model. However, instead of explaining the old model and its
caching layers, we've created a new guide focusing on what APIs to use
and when.

This follow-up PR aligns terminology across the docs:
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/90589

## IA updates

Getting Started section: 

- Improves Getting Started progression:
- **Before:** CC → Fetching Data → Updating Data → Caching and
Revalidating (old and new model mixed)
- **After:** Fetching Data (Dynamic) → Mutating Data (Dynamic) → Caching
with CC (Prerendering) → Revalidating with CC.
- New: `caching.mdx` (CC-first)
   - Structure: 
      - Enabling Cache Components
      - Data vs UI-level caching
      - Working with request time APIs
      - Passing request values to cached functions
      - Working with non-deterministic operations
      - Working with synchronous operations
      - How rendering works (PPR and static shell story)
- New: `revalidating.mdx` (CC-first)
   - Explains how to use `cacheLife` and `cacheTag`

Guides Section: 

- New: `caching-and-revalidating.mdx` (Previous Model)
- For users who are not using CC, includes `fetch` options and route
segment config
- Moves route segment config options that don't apply to CC from API
reference to this guide (for easy archiving in the future).
- New: `migrating-to-cache-components.mdx` (WIP)
- Del: `caching.mdx` 😌 

## Terminology

We should remove caching layers from the docs. Users only needed to be
exposed to them when they were configured independently, but the new CC
APIs work across layers.

To make it easier to review this PR, I'm consolidating terminology and
fixing broken links in a new PR:
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/90589

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Co-authored-by: Vercel <vercel[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Joseph <[email protected]>
2026-03-03 13:14:24 +00:00

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---
title: Forms and Mutations
nav_title: Forms and Mutations
description: Learn how to handle form submissions and data mutations with Next.js.
---
Forms enable you to create and update data in web applications. Next.js provides a powerful way to handle form submissions and data mutations using **API Routes**.
> **Good to know:**
>
> - We will soon recommend [incrementally adopting](/docs/app/guides/migrating/app-router-migration) the App Router and using [Server Actions](/docs/app/getting-started/mutating-data) for handling form submissions and data mutations. Server Actions allow you to define asynchronous server functions that can be called directly from your components, without needing to manually create an API Route.
> - API Routes [do not specify CORS headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS), meaning they are same-origin only by default.
> - Since API Routes run on the server, we're able to use sensitive values (like API keys) through [Environment Variables](/docs/pages/guides/environment-variables) without exposing them to the client. This is critical for the security of your application.
## Examples
### Redirecting
If you would like to redirect the user to a different route after a mutation, you can [`redirect`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/api-routes#response-helpers) to any absolute or relative URL:
```ts filename="pages/api/submit.ts" switcher
import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
export default async function handler(
req: NextApiRequest,
res: NextApiResponse
) {
const id = await addPost()
res.redirect(307, `/post/${id}`)
}
```
```js filename="pages/api/submit.js" switcher
export default async function handler(req, res) {
const id = await addPost()
res.redirect(307, `/post/${id}`)
}
```
### Setting cookies
You can set cookies inside an API Route using the `setHeader` method on the response:
```ts filename="pages/api/cookie.ts" switcher
import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
export default async function handler(
req: NextApiRequest,
res: NextApiResponse
) {
res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', 'username=lee; Path=/; HttpOnly')
res.status(200).send('Cookie has been set.')
}
```
```js filename="pages/api/cookie.js" switcher
export default async function handler(req, res) {
res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', 'username=lee; Path=/; HttpOnly')
res.status(200).send('Cookie has been set.')
}
```
### Reading cookies
You can read cookies inside an API Route using the [`cookies`](/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/api-routes#request-helpers) request helper:
```ts filename="pages/api/cookie.ts" switcher
import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
export default async function handler(
req: NextApiRequest,
res: NextApiResponse
) {
const auth = req.cookies.authorization
// ...
}
```
```js filename="pages/api/cookie.js" switcher
export default async function handler(req, res) {
const auth = req.cookies.authorization
// ...
}
```
### Deleting cookies
You can delete cookies inside an API Route using the `setHeader` method on the response:
```ts filename="pages/api/cookie.ts" switcher
import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
export default async function handler(
req: NextApiRequest,
res: NextApiResponse
) {
res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', 'username=; Path=/; HttpOnly; Max-Age=0')
res.status(200).send('Cookie has been deleted.')
}
```
```js filename="pages/api/cookie.js" switcher
export default async function handler(req, res) {
res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', 'username=; Path=/; HttpOnly; Max-Age=0')
res.status(200).send('Cookie has been deleted.')
}
```