# Function: createNextApiHandler()

> 

> **createNextApiHandler**\<`TRouter`\>(`opts`): `NextApiHandler`

Defined in: [packages/server/src/adapters/next.ts:45](https://github.com/trpc/trpc/blob/7c907acfd8b31929214792e3b8c2ad7a8ac72563/packages/server/src/adapters/next.ts#L45)

Creates a Next.js API route handler for a router, for the Pages Router.
The file must be named `[trpc].ts`. For the App Router, use
`fetchRequestHandler`.

## Type Parameters

| Type Parameter |
| ------ |
| `TRouter` *extends* [`AnyTRPCRouter`](https://trpc.io/docs/typedoc/server/index/type-aliases/AnyTRPCRouter.md) |

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `opts` | [`NodeHTTPHandlerOptions`](https://trpc.io/docs/typedoc/server/adapters/node-http/type-aliases/NodeHTTPHandlerOptions.md)\<`TRouter`, `NextApiRequest`, `NextApiResponse`\> |

## Returns

`NextApiHandler`

## See

https://trpc.io/docs/server/adapters/nextjs#nextjs-example