Server-Side usage

This feature is available for Next.js only.

If you wish to access the searchParams in a deeply nested Server Component (ie: not in the Page component), you can use createSearchParamsCache to do so in a type-safe manner.

Note

Parsers don’t validate your data. If you expect positive integers or JSON-encoded objects of a particular shape, you’ll need to feed the result of the parser to a schema validation library, like Zod.

Built-in validation support is coming. Read the RFC

searchParams.ts

import {
  createSearchParamsCache,
  parseAsInteger,
  parseAsString
} from 'nuqs/server'
// Note: import from 'nuqs/server' to avoid the "use client" directive
 
export const searchParamsCache = createSearchParamsCache({
  // List your search param keys and associated parsers here:
  q: parseAsString.withDefault(''),
  maxResults: parseAsInteger.withDefault(10)
})

page.tsx

import { searchParamsCache } from './searchParams'
import { type SearchParams } from 'nuqs/server'
 
type PageProps = {
  searchParams: Promise<SearchParams> // Next.js 15+: async searchParams prop
}
 
export default async function Page({ searchParams }: PageProps) {
  // ⚠️ Don't forget to call `parse` here.
  // You can access type-safe values from the returned object:
  const { q: query } = await searchParamsCache.parse(searchParams)
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Search Results for {query}</h1>
      <Results />
    </div>
  )
}
 
function Results() {
  // Access type-safe search params in children server components:
  const maxResults = searchParamsCache.get('maxResults')
  return <span>Showing up to {maxResults} results</span>
}

The cache will only be valid for the current page render (see React’s cache function).

Note: the cache only works for server components, but you may share your parser declaration with useQueryStates for type-safety in client components:

searchParams.ts

import {
  parseAsFloat,
  createSearchParamsCache
} from 'nuqs/server'
 
export const coordinatesParsers = {
  lat: parseAsFloat.withDefault(45.18),
  lng: parseAsFloat.withDefault(5.72)
}
export const coordinatesCache = createSearchParamsCache(coordinatesParsers)

page.tsx

import { coordinatesCache } from './searchParams'
import { Server } from './server'
import { Client } from './client'
 
export default async function Page({ searchParams }) {
  await coordinatesCache.parse(searchParams)
  return (
    <>
      <Server />
      <Suspense>
        <Client />
      </Suspense>
    </>
  )
}

server.tsx

import { coordinatesCache } from './searchParams'
 
export function Server() {
  const { lat, lng } = coordinatesCache.all()
  // or access keys individually:
  const lat = coordinatesCache.get('lat')
  const lng = coordinatesCache.get('lng')
  return (
    <span>
      Latitude: {lat} - Longitude: {lng}
    </span>
  )
}

client.tsx

'use client'
 
import { useQueryStates } from 'nuqs'
import { coordinatesParsers } from './searchParams'
 
export function Client() {
  const [{ lat, lng }, setCoordinates] = useQueryStates(coordinatesParsers)
  // ...
}

Shorter search params keys

Just like useQueryStates, you can define a urlKeys object to map the variable names defined by the parser to shorter keys in the URL. They will be translated on read and your codebase can only refer to variable names that make sense for your domain or business logic.

searchParams.ts

export const coordinatesParsers = {
  // Use human-readable variable names throughout your codebase
  latitude: parseAsFloat.withDefault(45.18),
  longitude: parseAsFloat.withDefault(5.72)
}
export const coordinatesCache = createSearchParamsCache(coordinatesParsers, {
  urlKeys: {
    // Remap them to read from shorter keys in the URL
    latitude: 'lat',
    longitude: 'lng'
  }
})

Server-Side usage

Shorter search params keys

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