Using react redux with next.js

Next.js uses the App component to initialize pages. You can override it and control the page initialization.

Although this demo is for next.js it should work for nextjs-starter.

install next-redux-wrapper:

npm install --save next-redux-wrapper

Add _app.js file to ./pages directory:

// pages/_app.js
import React from "react";
import {createStore} from "redux";
import {Provider} from "react-redux";
import App, {Container} from "next/app";
import withRedux from "next-redux-wrapper";

const reducer = (state = {foo: ''}, action) => {
    switch (action.type) {
        case 'FOO':
            return {...state, foo: action.payload};
        default:
            return state
    }
};

/**
* @param {object} initialState
* @param {boolean} options.isServer indicates whether it is a server side or client side
* @param {Request} options.req NodeJS Request object (not set when client applies initialState from server)
* @param {Request} options.res NodeJS Request object (not set when client applies initialState from server)
* @param {boolean} options.debug User-defined debug mode param
* @param {string} options.storeKey This key will be used to preserve store in global namespace for safe HMR 
*/
const makeStore = (initialState, options) => {
    return createStore(reducer, initialState);
};

class MyApp extends App {

    static async getInitialProps({Component, ctx}) {

        // we can dispatch from here too
        ctx.store.dispatch({type: 'FOO', payload: 'foo'});

        const pageProps = Component.getInitialProps ? await Component.getInitialProps(ctx) : {};

        return {pageProps};

    }

    render() {
        const {Component, pageProps, store} = this.props;
        return (
            <Container>
                <Provider store={store}>
                    <Component {...pageProps} />
                </Provider>
            </Container>
        );
    }

}

export default withRedux(makeStore)(MyApp);

And then, actual page components can be simply connected: This demo how to connect index.js in pages.

import Link from "next/link";
import React from "react";
import {
  Container,
  Row,
  Col,
  Button,
  Jumbotron,
  ListGroup,
  ListGroupItem
} from "reactstrap";
import Page from "../components/page";
import Layout from "../components/layout";

import { connect } from "react-redux";

class Default extends Page {
  static getInitialProps({ store, isServer, pathname, query }) {
    store.dispatch({ type: "FOO", payload: "foo" }); // component will be able to read from store's state when rendered
    return { custom: "custom" }; // you can pass some custom props to component from here
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <Layout>content...</Layout>
    );
  }
}

export default connect()(Default);

Refer to the documentation for more information: next-redux-wrapper