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-description: Learn how to use Middleware in Next.js to run code before a request is completed.
+description: Learn how to use Middleware to run code before a request is completed.
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-# Middleware (Beta)
+# Middleware
 
 <details open>
-  <summary><b>Version History</b></summary>
+<summary><b>Version History</b></summary>
 
-| Version   | Changes                                                                                                 |
-| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `canary`  | Preparing for stability, see [upgrade guide](https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/middleware-upgrade-guide) |
-| `v12.0.9` | Enforce absolute URLs in Edge Runtime ([PR](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/33410))              |
-| `v12.0.0` | Middleware (Beta) added.                                                                                |
+| Version | Changes |
+
+| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+
+| `v12.2.0` | Middleware is stable |
+
+| `v12.0.9` | Enforce absolute URLs in Edge Runtime ([PR](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/33410)) |
+
+| `v12.0.0` | Middleware (Beta) added |
 
 </details>
 
-Middleware enables you to run code before a request is completed. Based on the user's incoming request, you can modify the response by rewriting, redirecting, adding headers, or even streaming HTML.
+Middleware allows you to run code before a request is completed, then based on the incoming request, you can modify the response by rewriting, redirecting, adding headers, or setting cookies.
+
+Middleware runs _before_ cached content, so you can personalize static files and pages. Common examples of Middleware would be authentication, A/B testing, localized pages, bot protection, and more.
+
+## Quickstart
+
+- Create a `middleware.ts` (or `middleware.js`) file at the root of your project
+- Export a function named `middleware`
+  ```js
+  // named export
+  export function middleware() {}
+  // default export
+  export default function custom() {}
+  ```
+- The function can be `async` if you are running asynchronous code
+- Middleware executes on _all_ requests, including `/_next`
+- Node.js APIs are [**not supported in this environment**](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/#developing-edge-functions-locally)
+
+### Permitted response types
+
+The [`NextResponse`](#nextresponse) API allows you to:
+
+- `redirect` the incoming request to a different URL
+- `rewrite` the response by displaying a given URL
+- Set response cookies
+- Set response headers
+
+When using Middleware, you cannot change the response body: you can only set response headers.
+Returning a body from Middleware will result in a `500` server error and an explicit response message.
+
+With Middleware you can implement A/B testing, authentication, feature flags, bot protection, and more. See our [examples repository](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions) for code examples.
+
+### Deploying Middleware
+
+Middleware uses the [Edge Runtime](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh) which supports standard Web APIs like `fetch` and more. Middleware works out of the box using `next start`, as well as on Edge platforms like Vercel, which use [Edge Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/vercel-edge-functions).
+
+### Using Middleware
 
-## Usage
+To begin using Middleware, follow the steps below:
 
-1. Install the canary version of Next.js:
+1. Install the latest version of Next.js:
 
-```jsx
-npm install next@canary
+```bash
+npm install next@latest
 ```
 
-2. Then, create a `middleware.ts` file under your project root directory.
+2. Create a `middleware.ts` file under your project root directory. Note that the file extension can be either `.ts` _or_ `.js`
 
-3. Finally, export a middleware function from the `middleware.ts` file.
+3. Export a middleware function from the `middleware.ts` file:
 
-```jsx
+```typescript
 // middleware.ts
 
-import type { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server'
-import { areCredentialsValid } from '../lib'
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server’
+import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
 
-export function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
-  if (areCredentialsValid(req.headers.get('authorization'))) {
-    return NextResponse.next()
-  }
-  return NextResponse.redirect(
-    new URL(`/login?from=${req.nextUrl.pathname}`, req.url)
-  )
+export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
+  // change this to the route in your project that you would like the rewrite to go to
+  return NextResponse.redirect(new URL('/about-2', request.url));
+}
+
+// config with custom matcher
+export const config = {
+  // change this to the route in your project that you would like the rewrite to be applied to
+  matcher: '/about/:path*'
+}
+```
+
+## Matching paths
+
+Middleware will be invoked for **every route in your project**. There are two ways to define which paths the middleware should be run on: 
+
+1. With a custom matcher config
+2. With conditional statements
+
+### Match paths based on custom matcher config
+
+To decide which route the Middleware should be run on, you can use a custom matcher config to filter on specific paths. The matcher property can be used to define either a single path, or using an array syntax, multiple paths.
+
+#### Match a single path
+
+```js
+export const config = {
+  matcher: '/about/:path*',
+}
+```
+
+#### Match multiple paths
+
+```js
+export const config = {
+  matcher: ['/about/:path*', '/dashboard/:path*'],
 }
 ```
 
-In this example, we use the standard Web API Response ([MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response)).
+Note that while the config option is the preferred method, **as it does not get invoked on every request**, you can also use conditional statements to only run the Middleware when it matches specific paths.
 
-## API
+### Match paths based on conditional statements
 
-Middleware is created by using a `middleware` function that lives inside a `middleware` file. Its API is based upon the native [`FetchEvent`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FetchEvent), [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response), and [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) objects.
+```typescript
+// middleware.ts
 
-These native Web API objects are extended to give you more control over how you manipulate and configure a response, based on the incoming requests.
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
+import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
 
-The function signature:
+export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
+  if (request.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith('/about')) {
+    return NextResponse.rewrite(new URL('/about-2', request.url))
+  }
 
-```ts
-import type { NextFetchEvent } from 'next/server'
+  if (request.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith('/dashboard')) {
+    return NextResponse.rewrite(new URL('/dashboard/user', request.url))
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Using cookies in Middleware
+
+The cookies API extends [Map](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map), and follows a get/set model, allowing you to get, set, and delete cookies within your middleware function. It includes methods like [entries](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/entries) and [values](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/entries).
+
+```typescript
+// middleware.ts
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
 import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
 
-export type Middleware = (
-  request: NextRequest,
-  event: NextFetchEvent
-) => Promise<Response | undefined> | Response | undefined
+export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
+  // Accessing cookies on the response object
+  const response = NextResponse.next()
+  // set a cookie
+  response.cookies.set('vercel', 'fast')
+  // set another cookie with options
+  response.cookies.set('nextjs', 'awesome', { path: '/test' })
+  // get all the details of a cookie
+  const { value, options } = response.cookies.getWithOptions('vercel')
+  console.log(value) // => 'fast'
+  console.log(options) // => { Path: '/test' }
+  // deleting a cookie will mark it as expired
+  response.cookies.delete('vercel')
+  // clear all cookies means mark all of them as expired
+  response.cookies.clear()
+
+  // Accessing cookies on the request object
+  // get a cookie
+  const cookie = request.cookies.get('vercel')
+  console.log(cookie) // => 'fast'
+  // get all cookies
+  const allCookies = request.cookies.entries()
+  console.log(allCookies) // => [{ key: 'vercel', value: 'fast' }]
+  // delete a cookie
+  request.cookies.delete('vercel')
+  // clear all cookies
+  request.cookies.clear()
+
+  return response
+}
 ```
 
-The function can be a default export and as such, does **not** have to be named `middleware`. Though this is a convention. Also note that you only need to make the function `async` if you are running asynchronous code.
+## How to check if Middleware is invoked for pages
 
-Read the full [Middleware API reference](/docs/api-reference/edge-runtime.md), note [Node.js APIs are not supported in this environment](/docs/api-reference/edge-runtime.md#unsupported-apis)
+To check if Middleware is being invoked for certain pages or assets, you can use the web standard, [`URLPattern`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLPattern) API. The following example shows how you can accomplish routing pattern matching using the URLPattern API.
 
-## Examples
+```typescript
+// middleware.ts
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
+import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
 
-Middleware can be used for anything that shares logic for a set of pages, including:
+// Assignment of a URL pattern
+const PATTERNS = [
+  [
+    // Define a pattern based on the presence of pathname
+    new URLPattern({ pathname: '/:locale/:slug' }),
+    // The handler associated with the pattern returns the detected groups
+    ({ pathname }) => pathname.groups,
+  ],
+]
+
+// The params function tries to match the incoming URL against the list of patterns. It exists early if it finds the first matching result
+const params = (url) => {
+  // Remove the query parameters from the incoming URL
+  const input = url.split('?')[0]
+  let result = {}
+
+  // Iterating over the previously declared list of patterns
+  for (const [pattern, handler] of PATTERNS) {
+    // `patternResult` will contain info about the successful match
+    const patternResult = pattern.exec(input)
+
+    // If the pathname matches, then resolve using the handler associated with the pattern
+    if (patternResult !== null && 'pathname' in patternResult) {
+      result = handler(patternResult)
+      break
+    }
+  }
+  return result
+}
 
-- [Authentication](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions)
-- [Bot protection](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions)
-- [Redirects and rewrites](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions)
-- [Handling unsupported browsers](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions/user-agent-based-rendering)
-- [Feature flags and A/B tests](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions)
-- [Advanced i18n routing requirements](https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-functions)
+// Middleware for rewriting URLs into locale subdomain URLs
+// Turns `https://{domain}/{locale}/{slug}` into `https://{locale}.{domain}/{slug}`
+export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
+  const { locale, slug } = params(request.url)
+  if (locale && slug) {
+    const { search, protocol, host } = request.nextUrl
+    const url = new URL(`${protocol}//${locale}.${host}/${slug}${search}`)
+    return NextResponse.redirect(url)
+  }
+}
+```
 
-## Execution Order
+## Using default exports in Middleware
 
-Middleware runs directly after `redirects` and `headers`, before the first filesystem lookup. This excludes `/_next` files.
+The Middleware function can be a named, or default export. If the function is a named export, then is **must** be called `middleware`. For a default export, you are free to name it anything you like.
 
-## Deployment
+## Middleware API
 
-Middleware uses a [strict runtime](/docs/api-reference/edge-runtime.md) that supports standard Web APIs like `fetch`. This works out of the box using `next start`, as well as on Edge platforms like Vercel, which use [Edge Functions](http://www.vercel.com/edge).
+Next.js Middleware uses the [Edge Runtime API](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/features/available-apis), which includes the following APIs:
 
-## Related
+- [Network APIs](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/features/available-apis#network-apis)
+- [Encoding APIs](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/features/available-apis#encoding-apis)
+- [Web Stream APIs](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/features/available-apis#web-stream-apis)
+- [Web Crypto APIs](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/features/available-apis#web-crypto-apis)
+- [Web Standard APIs](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/features/available-apis#web-standards-apis)
+- [V8 Primitives](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/features/available-apis#v8-primitives)
 
-<div class="card">
-  <a href="/docs/api-reference/next/server.md">
-    <b>Middleware API Reference</b>
-    <small>Learn more about the supported APIs for Middleware.</small>
-  </a>
-</div>
+See the [Edge Runtime documentation](https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/) for a full list of the available APIs.
+
+In addition to these APIs, Next.js Middleware comes with built in helpers that are based upon the native [`FetchEvent`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FetchEvent), [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response), and [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) objects.
+
+See the [`next/server`](/docs/api-reference/next/server.md) documentation for more information.
+
+## Related
 
 <div class="card">
-  <a href="/docs/api-reference/edge-runtime.md">
+  <a href="https://edge-runtime.vercel.sh/">
     <b>Edge Runtime</b>
-    <small>Learn more about the supported Web APIs available.</small>
+    <small>Learn more about the supported APIs for Next.js Middleware.</small>
   </a>
 </div>